August 9, 1945: Major Charles W. Sweeney and the crew of the B-29 - TopicsExpress



          

August 9, 1945: Major Charles W. Sweeney and the crew of the B-29 Bock’s Car drop Fat Man, a plutonium-based atom bomb, on Nagasaki, Japan, a port city of a quarter-million inhabitants, on the west coast of Kyushu. About 45,000 are killed immediately. Within months, the death toll will reach about 70,000. For more background on the development of the atomic bombs used to end the war, read this: americainwwii/articles/fat-man-and-little-boy/ National Archives photo of Nagasaki
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:43:31 +0000

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