Second SinoJapanese War The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict Video Nagasaki commemorates dropping of US atomic bomb on 45 (NBC News) Nagasaki commemorates dropping of US atomic bomb on 45 NBC News See more videos Top targets became Hiroshima and Kokura However, August 9th 1945 was a particularly cloudy day in Kokura The bombing carrying the bomb gave up on Kokura and went on to its secondary target, Nagasaki The Japanese Supreme Council received the news that Nagasaki had been destroyed while they were just debating the terms of surrender
Bombing Of Nagasaki
