9th August 1945

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B29 "Bock's car" drops a second A bomb on Japan. Estimated deaths in Nagasaki are 70,000

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The men

The plane

and the weapon

that ended World War two

Edited August 9, 2008 by antarmike

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The exlosion that ended the war. Ground level photograph of the atomic bomb explosion at Nagasaki. The pressure wave had not yet reached the photographer or the three innocent bystanders who seem blissfully unaware of their fate. (not that they can do anything about it!)

Edited August 12, 2008 by antarmike