Two atomic bombs dropped by Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, 64 years ago, and down Nagasaki three days later almost flattened and turned these two cities into dead lands.

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The scene of the ruins and ruins after two atomic bombs fell on Nagasaki.

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These photos were taken by former British soldier Cecil A Creber, just a month after the bombs were dropped. Cecil was sent to Nagasaki to bring hundreds of British prisoners to Okinawa.

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The convoy carrying British soldiers traveled on a road in Nagasaki.

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British soldiers were led around Nagasaki to witness firsthand the devastating destruction of the atomic bomb.

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A factory collapsed and crumbled, leaving only iron frames, but the chimney still stood.

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The first huts were built on the ruins of Nagasaki. Creber writes: " Although the pictures are not very sharp, they are of historical value because very few people, besides Japanese, have witnessed this devastating trace ."

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The tunnels deep into the ground are the shelters of many people. Some survived thanks to these simple tunnels.

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Intact buildings on the outskirts of Nagasaki city.

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Hiroshima city is almost flattened.

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Creber said there was almost no shadow of any Japanese in Hiroshima then, though it had 750,000 inhabitants before.

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