| 9 August 1945 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki |
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| If Allied military planners expected that the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima would bring about an immediate Japanese surrender, they were disappointed.
After waiting for three days for some sort of offer from Tokyo, President Truman ordered a second
atomic attack, this time against the city of Kokura. Another B-29—this one called “Bock’s
Car”—flew to Japan, but its crew found conditions there too hazy to make an accurate
drop. They therefore flew on to their designated secondary target, Nagasaki, and dropped their
atomic cargo on that city instead. The results this time were less dramatic than Hiroshima, but
still devastating—39,000 were killed, and another 25,000 seriously injured.
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