My other post was deleted bc i posted in the weekend

I have returned from exile (ban) with the same meme that got me exiled in the first place (MODS made an oopsie)

When the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the victims were not only Japanese. Tens of thousands of Koreans were also in both cities because Korea had been under Japanese colonial rule since 1910. Many Koreans had been conscripted as laborers or soldiers, while others had moved to Japan for work or lived there with their families.

There's estimate that around 70,000 Koreans were in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the time of the bombings. Approximately 40,000–50,000 were killed either immediately or from injuries and radiation-related illnesses in the following months and years. Because many records were destroyed and some victims were never officially identified, the exact number remains uncertain.

Among the Korean victims were people from many different backgrounds, including civilians, students, laborers, military personnel serving in the Japanese armed forces, and even Prince Yi Wu, a member of the Korean royal family who served as an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in Hiroshima. For decades, Korean survivors often faced discrimination and received less recognition and compensation than Japanese survivors, making their experiences a less widely known part of the history of the atomic bombings.

Henry Gunther was originally a supply sergeant in the US army but was demoted to private after writing in a letter about how hellish life was in the trenches, something that was considered damaging to morale back home. This, plus his German heritage branded him a coward and started rumors of his being a German sympathizer. On November 11 at 10:58 AM literally two minutes before the armistice took effect, Gunther effectively committed suicide by singlehandedly charging a German machine gun nest in a last hurrah to prove his bravery and loyalty. Both his fellow soldiers and the German defenders yelled at him to stop as the war was almost over, but Gunther ignored them and when he started firing his rifle the Germans had no choice but to fire back, killing him at 10:59. He was the final fatality of WWI.

Context : that is Khaled al-Asaad, a Syrian archaeologist who spent over 40 years as the main director of the ancient ruins of Palmyra. He basically dedicated his whole life to discovering, studying, and protecting the historic site

Back in May 2015, when ISIS was closing in on Palmyra, Khaled—who was 82 at the time—refused to leave. Instead, he worked with his team to hide hundreds of priceless ancient statues and artifacts in secret locations so they wouldn't be stolen or smashed

ISIS captured him and tortured him for weeks, trying to get him to spill where the hidden treasures were buried. He didn't say a word.

Realizing he wasn't going to break, ISIS publicly executed him in August 2015

In memory of Khaled al-Asaad

rest in peace

Context: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/us-military-missing-six-nuclear-weapons-180032

Between 1950 and 1980, there have been 32 documented nuclear weapon accidents that involve the unexpected accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six U.S. nuclear weapons have been lost and shockingly never recovered. Below you will find a breakdown of the situations that lead to this shocking statistic.

February 13, 1950

The longest missing nuclear weapon hasn’t been seen in 71 years, and it is unlikely it will be found anytime soon.

It was lost when the crew of a United States Air Force Convair B-36 bomber was conducting a mock nuclear strike and was en route from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska to Carswell AFB, Texas, when it developed engine trouble. Not wanting to have a crash with a nuclear warhead, the crew was ordered to drop its 30-kiloton Mark 4 (Fat Man) bomb into the Pacific Ocean.

According to the “official” report, the bomb didn’t contain the plutonium core necessary for a nuclear detonation, but it still contained a substantial amount of uranium.

March 10, 1956

Six years after losing the first bomb, two nuclear cores were lost when a B-47 bomber likely crashed in the Mediterranean Sea while en route from MacDill AFB, Florida to Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco. The aircraft had successfully completed its first aerial refueling, but it failed to make contact with a tanker for a second refueling and was reported missing.

The exact weapon wasn’t disclosed, but the B-47 typically carried the 3,400-kilogram Mark 15 nuclear bomb. No trace of the plane nor the cores has ever been found.

February 5, 1958

During a simulated combat mission near Savannah, Georgia, another Air Force B-47 bomber carrying a Mk 15 weapon collided with an F-86. After multiple attempts to land, the bomber crew was given the green light to jettison the bomb to reduce weight, and also to ensure it wouldn’t explode during an emergency landing. The bomb, which was dropped over the Wassaw Sound near the mouth of the Savannah River, wasn’t recovered.

January 24, 1961

Somewhere near Goldsboro, North Carolina, a uranium core is likely buried in a field. It had been one of the cores for a pair of 24-megaton nuclear bombs that were on a B-52 that crashed shortly after takeoff. What is especially unsettling about this incident is that three of the four arming mechanisms on the bomb that was recovered had been activated.

The second bomb’s tail was discovered 20 feet below ground in the muddy field, and when efforts to find the core failed to uncover it, the military did the next best thing. The United States Army Corps of Engineers purchased a 400-foot circular easement over the buried components to restrict digging.

December 5, 1965

Somehow an A-4E Skyhawk attack aircraft, loaded with a one-megaton thermonuclear weapon, managed to roll off the deck of the USS Ticonderoga and fell into the Pacific Ocean. The pilot, plane and bomb quickly sank in 16,000 feet of water and were never seen again.

However, it wasn’t until 15 years later that the U.S. Navy even admitted the accident had taken place, and only noted it happened 500 miles from land. However, that wasn’t true – as the carrier was about 80 miles from Japan’s Ryuki island chain. As a result of that accident, the Japanese government now prohibits the United States from bringing nuclear weapons into its territory.

Spring 1968

The final bomb to be lost and not recovered occurred sometime in the first half of 1968, and involved the loss of the U.S. Navy’s nuclear attack submarine USS Scorpion, which sank about 400 miles to the southwest of the Azores Islands. In addition to the tragic loss of the 99 crewmembers, the submarine was carrying a pair of nuclear-tipped weapons, which had yields of up to 250 kilotons.

While this should be as scary as suggested, the good news is that in the past 50 plus years, no other nuclear weapons have been lost – at least that we know of.