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World War Two -- Atom Bomb in Nagasaki, Japan
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The Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
August 9, 1945
The scale of death and destruction at Hiroshima did not bring the immediate surrender of the Japanese. On August 9, 1945 the B-29 “Bockscar”, piloted by Charles W. Sweeney, dropped the second atomic bomb on Japan. The primary target, Kokura, was clouded over. Sweeney went for the alternate target of Nagasaki. At 11:02 A.M. the plutonium atomic bomb known as “Fat Man” exploded at 1,800 feet above the city.
Although the energy of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki was greater than that of the Hiroshima bomb, the geographic structure resulted in less damage to the city. The people of Nagasaki however suffered the same fate as those in Hiroshima, immediate death or death from radiation burns or radiation exposure. An estimated 70,000 people died by the end of the year. The various types of deadly radiations from an atomic explosion can last years and possibly centuries, resulting in many additional deaths.
Faced with the devastating impact of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 15, 1945 Emperor Hirohito accepted the United States terms of surrender.
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