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Old 08-09-2010, 08:02 PM
winny winny is offline
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9th August 1945.

The B-29 "Bock's Car" drops the 2nd atomic bomb on Japan in 3 days which detonates above Nagasaki.

Some triva..

Nagasaki was not its original target - the intended target city was Kokura, which escaped as the bomber was under orders to attack only a clear target and the city was shrouded in smog at the time. Nagasaki was the first alternative target city.
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