Nagasaki Bomb - 1945 | Movietone Moments | 9 Aug 19

On this day in 1945 this US dropped a 2nd atomic bomb known as “Fat Man“ on Japan and destroyed part of Nagasaki. Here is Movietone’s report on the events. The Atomic Bomb (an experimental one) was dropped in New Mexico. The second was dropped on Hiroshima and this film shows the resulting devastation. Nagasaki was the target for the third bomb three days after that at Hiroshima. The widespread damage in Tokyo was done by Superfortresses dropping incendiaries. At the prison camp in Ofuna many allied priso
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