Facts about Nagasaki bombing
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- At 11:01 a.m. On August 9, 1945 the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki
- The bomb was called “Fat Man”
- At least 35,000 people were immediately killed and 60,000 injured
- Estimated casualties of between 80,000 and 100,000
- 23% of Nagasaki’s buildings were consumed by flames
- 70% of the city’s industrial zone destroyed
- The radius of total destruction was about 3.2 km
- This was only the second nuclear weapon after Hiroshima to have been used in war
- Nagasaki’s bomb was bigger than Hiroshima
- It killed less people as it was away from the city centre
