Second atomic bomb of World War II explodes over Nagasaki (1945)

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Atom bomb "Fat Man" destroys Nagasaki as viewed from a B-29 Superfortress accompanying the Bockscar flown by Major Charles W.

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JAPAN. The Atomic bomb exploding over Nagasaki.


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Background: Atom bomb "Fat Man" destroys Nagasaki as viewed from a B-29 Superfortress accompanying the Bockscar flown by Major Charles W. Sweeney of the U.S. Army Air Corps

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