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Bombing of Nagasaki

Name: Bombing of Nagasaki – United States factsheet records
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United States · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1945

Carl Spaatz9 August 1945

Nagasaki · Warfare / World War, 2nd

"Fat Man", an implosion-type plutonium-239 weapon, is used against the city of Nagasaki, Japan

Harry S Truman9 August 1945

Nagasaki · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The USA drops the atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Harry S Truman9 1945

Nagasaki · Warfare / World War, 2nd

"Fat Man", an implosion-type plutonium-239 weapon, is used against the city of Nagasaki, Japan

Names involved

Carl SpaatzHarry S Truman

Provenance

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