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| 0375500987, tips, moviedatabase, atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki, hardcover, signed, socko! entertainment, short stories, cartoons, sam weller, funny pictures, u.s. practical politics, chicago outdoor activities, new riders games, star, dragostea, innovator, | The third potential target was Niigata trial - but this trial was withdrawn from the list as the distance to it was considered to be too great. Therefore, the Americans were left with just two targets - Kokura and Nagasaki. Nagasaki was a major shipbuilding trial city and a large military port. But it was not a favoured target as it had been bombed five times in the previous twelve months and any damage caused by an atomic bomb would have been difficult to assess. Also, the way Nagasaki had grown as a port meant that the impact of a powerful bomb might be dissipated as the city had grown across hills and valleys. The city was also broken up with stretches of water. |
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| suffered the same fate as Hiroshima in August 1945. The bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th was the last major act of World War Two and within days star the Japanese had surrendered. star Two senior American military figures - General Groves and Admiral Purnell - were convinced that two star atomic bombs dropped within days of the other would have such an overwhelming impact on the Japanese government that it would surrender. Scientists at Los Alamos were also intrigued as to which type of bomb was the better - a uranium or plutonium based bomb. 'Little Boy' showed its effectiveness at Hiroshima but another bombing mission was needed to see what damage a uranium bomb could do. Nagasaki was not America's primary target. This was Kokura. The three potential targets for a second bomb were Kokura, Kyoto and Niigata. Nagasaki was only added to a list of potential targets when Kyoto was withdrawn (it had been the secondary target for a second bomb) because of its religious associations. |
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