Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage

Contents

Introduction

　　　　Geographical Features
　　　　The Early History of Nagasaki
　　　　Nagasaki under Direct Government Control
　　　　Red Seal Ships, National Isolation and the Anti-Christian Edict
　　　　The Great Fire of 1663 and the Period of Rebuilding
　　　　Establishment of the Nagasaki Naval Training Institute and the Nagasaki Iron Foundry
　　　　The Modernization of Nagasaki
　　　　Nagasaki as a Fortified Zone
　　　　Inauguration as a Municipality
　　　　From Trade Port to Shipbuilding Center
　　　　The Second City Expansion
　　　　Urban Planning and the Development of Urakami
　　　　Nagasaki City under Wartime Administration

Part 1
World War II

Section 1
Nagasaki and the Second Sino-Japanese War

Chapter 1
The Wartime Regime

1. National Spiritual Mobilization Movement
2. The National Mobilization Act

Chapter 2
The Battleship Musashi

1. Seizure of the Great Northern Telegraph Company Facilities
2. The Launching of the Battleship Musashi
3. The Urakami Factory District



Section 2
Nagasaki in World War II

Chapter 1
Military Preparedness and Wartime Lifestyles

1. Nagasaki Defenses
2. The Lives of Citizens
3. Reorganization of the Business Sector and Mobilization of School Children
4. The Collection of Metals

Chapter 2
Air Defense Measures

1. The Establishment of the Nagasaki City Defense Department and Plans for Air Defense
2. Air Defense Installations and Countermeasures
3. Air-raid Shelters
4. Evacuations and the Dispersion of Facilities and Supplies

Chapter 3
Nagasaki under the Threat of Air Raids

1. Preparations for a Showdown
2. Defense Measures for Nagasaki City
3. Air Raids Prior to the Atomic Bombing
4. The Lives of Citizens (Part 2)