Nagasaki

(proper noun)

A large city in Western Kyushu, in Japan. It was annihilated by the second military use of the atomic bomb on August 9, 1945.

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Examples of Nagasaki in the following topics:

  • The Atomic Bomb

    • After Japan did not respond to a threat of destruction, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
    • Three days later, on August 9, the U.S. dropped a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki.
    • The bomb in Nagasaki was dropped over the city's industrial valley midway between the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works in the south and the Mitsubishi-Urakami Ordnance Works in the north.
    • Estimates vary greatly but within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki.
    • Assess the damages of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and summarize the production of the atomic bomb through the Manhattan Project

  • The Defeat of Japan

    • After the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, Emperor Hirohito surrendered.
    • Later that day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

  • The Truman Presidency

    • He was president during the final months of World War II, making the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    • After Japan refused surrender, Truman authorized the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  • Converging Military Fronts

    • They demanded unconditional surrender of Japanese forces, and when Japan ignored the Potsdam terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August.

  • The Effects of the Cold War

    • The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused previously unimagined destruction through intense blast and fire, as well as acute and lingering radiation.

  • The Nuclear Arms Race

    • In August 1945, on Truman's orders, two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  • Origins of the Cold War

    • The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were, in part, a calculated effort on the part of Truman toward intimidating the Soviet Union, limiting its influence in the post war Asia.