Sunday 9 August 2015

Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki killed 70k people (Aug 9th WW II)




In 9th Aug. 1945, the United States dropped its second atomic bomb killing more than 70,000 people in Nagasaki, Japan. The first bomb had been dropped 3 days earlier on Hiroshima. Six days later on August 15th, Japan announced its surrender effectively ending World War II. Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2.
Japan marks 70th anniversary of this event that change the course of history on use of nuclear weapons. Japan is the only country where nuclear/atomic bomb has been used during war…
Its dangerous effects were unprecedented.

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