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Nagasaki Incident: Secondary bombing after Hiroshima

  Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, on August 9, 1945, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Incident occurred at 11:02 a.m. local time. A US B-29 bomber named Bockscar under the command of Major Charles Sweeney approached the city of Nagasaki on the Japanese island of Kyushu. The plane was carrying a second atomic bomb named Fat Man. This atomic bomb was a different type than the one used on Hiroshima, but it was still an extremely deadly nuclear weapon. Just like in Hiroshima, when the plane reached the designated position and altitude, the Fat Man atomic bomb was released and exploded over the city of Nagasaki. This explosion produced a force of about 21 kilotons of TNT and caused shock waves, debris rain and mushroom clouds that destroyed most of the city. Approximately 40,000 people were killed instantly as a result of the blast, and thousands more were seriously injured. About 60% of the city of Nagasaki was destroyed by the blast and its af...

In memory of the 1945 Hiroshima Incident

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945, became an important historical record in warfare. It was the first time in the history of world warfare that nuclear bombs were used. In the event of the bombing by the United States, in a matter of minutes thousands of thousands of Japanese people died due to explosions and nuclear radiation. Beginning at 1942, the United States created a project with the code name Manhattan. The project was led by Vannevar Bush and Major General Leslie Groves, as the head of the project was Ernest O. Lawrence and his expert advisor was Fermi. The Japanese invasion of the United States naval fleet base further fueled the American spirit of developing a bomb with super explosive power. Today, we will remember the events that took place in the city of Hiroshima first. At 8:15 a.m. local time, a U.S. B-29 bomber named Enola Gay, under the command of Colonel Paul Tibbets, carrying an atomic bomb named Little Boy approached Hiroshima, o...