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Nagasaki
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Nagasaki A Japanese port in Kiushu, with a population of around 230,000 in early 1945. It was where the second atomic bomb was dropped by the USA, three days after
Hiroshima on 9 August 1945. Its hilly terrain provided some protection from the explosion and radiation, which nevertheless caused around 74,000 deaths. On the following day, Japan offered an unconditional cease-fire, which came into effect on 15 August. Japan's unconditional surrender came into effect on 2 September 1945.
Manhattan Project;
nuclear bomb
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Nagasaki's place in history remains secondary.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/8/1995; ; 700+ words
; NAGASAKI, Japan _ The romantic strains of...Japanese city came to melding East and West, Nagasaki was the setting for Puccini's operatic...millions of Japanese pay homage each year, Nagasaki's grim past as the second city destroyed...
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Nagasaki's defense-related business puts city in hot seat.
Newspaper article from: Japan Weekly Monitor; 8/14/2000; 700+ words
; NAGASAKI, Aug. 8 Kyodo A Dutch consul to Japan...smiled bitterly in April when asked by Nagasaki reporters to comment on an event organized...Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) shipyard in Nagasaki Bay, Consul General Jan de Vries of the...
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Nagasaki Remembers Its A-Bomb; Mayor Asks Reflection On Japan's Aggression
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/10/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...songs and silent prayer, the citizens of Nagasaki today remembered the atomic bomb that...victims from Korea and China who were in Nagasaki when the A-bomb was dropped. Thousands...smaller municipality than Hiroshima, Nagasaki has not built its identity around its...
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SCARRED AND SACRED SITES - NAGASAKI 60 YEARS LATER, A MESSAGE OF PEACE REVERBERATES AMID MEMORIES OF DEVASTATION
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/7/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...standing with my daughter on the rooftop of Nagasaki's sleek new art museum looking out...the Cape rises in me. Both Boston and Nagasaki are port towns, packed with history...recent press coverage I had read lauding Nagasaki as the new "hip" place to visit in...
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Nagasaki vows to lead fight to eliminate nuclear arms.
Newspaper article from: Japan Policy & Politics; 8/13/2001; 700+ words
; NAGASAKI, Aug. 9 Kyodo (EDS: UPDATING WITH...KOIZUMI, ADDITIONAL INFO) The city of Nagasaki on Thursday marked the first anniversary...and municipalities around the world. Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito also called on the Japanese...
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Nagasaki marks 60th anniversary of A-bombing, mayor offers angry words to U.S.
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Worldstream 08-09-2005 Dateline: NAGASAKI, Japan A siren wailed and a bronze...rang out through the air Tuesday as Nagasaki marked the exact moment 60 years...aging bomb survivors, crowded into Nagasaki's Peace Memorial Park, just a...
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 "Yomiuri Shimbun (Toyko, Japan)")
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Nagasaki marks 60th anniversary of atomic blast.
Newspaper article from: Yomiuri Shimbun (Toyko, Japan); 8/9/2005; 700+ words
; NAGASAKI, Japan _ Nagasaki marked the 60th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing Tuesday...In his speech at the ceremony held at the city's Peace Park, Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito denounced the United States' nuclear weapons policies...
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Nagasaki observes 54th anniversary of atomic bombing.
Newspaper article from: Japan Policy & Politics; 8/16/1999; 700+ words
; NAGASAKI, Aug. 9 Kyodo The city of Nagasaki observed the 54th anniversary Monday of the atomic bomb attack...families and dignitaries attended the annual ceremony at the Nagasaki Peace Park near the hypocenter of the bombing. Health and...
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Nagasaki Prays for World Peace
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/9/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Press Writer AP Online 08-09-1999 Nagasaki Prays for World Peace TOKYO (AP) -- Residents of Nagasaki joined in a prayer for peace today...days of World War II. ``Our city of Nagasaki was instantly transformed into charred...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Nagasaki marks anniversary of A-bomb
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; NAGASAKI, Japan -- A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang out Tuesday as Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago when an American...hundreds of aging bomb survivors, crowded into Nagasaki's Peace Memorial Park, just a few hundred yards...
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Nagasaki
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nagasaki , city (1990 pop. 444,599), capital of Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on Nagasaki Bay. It is one of Japan's leading ports. Shipbuilding is the chief industry; steelworks, collieries, fisheries, and electrical machinery...
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Nagasaki, Bombing of
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Nagasaki, Bombing of the second nuclear blast...1945. Originally a secondary target, Nagasaki lay among hills that prevented higher...and injuries. In light of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the concurrent Soviet triumph in...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bombings of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bombings of (1945).The U.S...clouds and turned to a secondary target, Nagasaki, a seaport. At 10:58 A.M . local...returned to visual aiming. Because Nagasaki lay among hills surrounding the bay...
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Bockscar Nagasaki
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Bockscar Nagasaki the B-29 that transported and dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki .
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Nagasaki, bombing of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Nagasaki, bombing of The second target for an atomic bomb attack, three days after...15 August, the official surrender finally being signed on 2 September. Nagasaki now specializes in shipbuilding and heavy engineering.
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