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During the ending stages of World War II in 1945, the United States had two Atomic Bombings against Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Hiroshima was bombed on August 6th, 1945 and Nagasaki was bombed on August 9th, 1945.

"For six months before the atomic bombings, the United States intensely fire-bombed 67 Japanese cities. Together with the United Kingdom and the Republic of China, the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945. The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum. By executive order of President Harry S. Truman, the U.S. dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945,  followed by the detonation of "Fat Man" over Nagasaki on August 9." - Wikipedia



The Bombing of Nagasaki
== On the morning of August 9th, 1945, U.S. B-29 Superfortress Bockscar carried the nuclear bomb, "Fat Man" to its destination of Kokura (Nagasaki was the secondary target). By the time they had reached Kokura, there was a 70% covering over the city, which made the visual aspect of the attack required by orders impossible. At 11:01, a last minute break in the clouds over Nagasaki allowed Bockscar's attack. The "Fat Man", which contained a core of ~6.4 KG of Plutonium-239 was dropped over the city's industrial valley. It exploded 43 seconds later, at 469 meters above ground. The resulting explosion had a blast equal to 21 kilotons of TNT. The explosion generated heat at an estimated 3,900 degrees Celcius, with winds estimated at 1005 KM/H.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki