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  2. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia

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    The Bockscar and its crew, who dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The city of Nagasaki had been one of the largest seaports in southern Japan, and was of great wartime importance because of its wide-ranging industrial activity, including the production of ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials.

  3. Victory over Japan Day - Wikipedia

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    On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.On August 9, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.The Japanese government on August 10 communicated its intention to surrender under the terms of the Potsdam Declaration.

  4. Bockscar - Wikipedia

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    On 9 August 1945, Bockscar, piloted by the 393d Bombardment Squadron's commander, Major Charles W. Sweeney, dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb with a blast yield equivalent to 21 kilotons of TNT over the city of Nagasaki. About 44% of the city was destroyed; 35,000 people were killed and 60,000 injured.

  5. Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing with mayor ...

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    The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people. A second attack three days later on Nagasaki killed 70,000 ...

  6. Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for ...

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    He was just 13 when the 10,000lb atomic bomb “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, landing around 3.2km from his family home. The scenes from that day would be “imprinted on ...

  7. Hiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' as city ...

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    The atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed the city, killing 140,000 people, and a second bomb dropped three days later on Nagasaki killed an additional ...

  8. Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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    The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises into the air from the hypocenter.. Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of the Pacific War theater of World War II (1939–45).

  9. US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in ...

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    An atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroyed the city, killing 140,000 people. A second bomb dropped three days later on Nagasaki killed 70,000 more.