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Nagasaki, days before the atomic mission - Related Files

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	Nagasaki before atomic bombing Overlay showing Nagasaki, Japan before the atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.		12/18/2006	1,416
	Nagasaki after atomic bomb Overlay showing ground zero after the Nagasaki atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.		12/18/2006	2,211
	Nagasaki Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. It was a center of European influence in medieval Japan, and the second city on which an atomic bomb was dropped by the US during World War II.		07/31/2005	1,170
	Nagasaki Hypocenter, Japan On the 9th of August 1945, Nagasaki was the target of the world's second atomic bomb attack. This is where the bomb struck.		03/18/2007	1,033
	Megami Ohashi Bridge under construction, Nagasaki The Megami Bridge, located in southern part of Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, will provide relief to the chronic traffic congestion in the city center by connecting southern part and western part of Nagasaki City, which are divided by the Nagasaki Port. Also, it will vitalize industry and culture in the region by strengthening the linkage of the port facilities. Furthermore, illuminated in...		08/22/2007	621
	NAGASAKI Nagasaki Airport is an international airport located on an island in the Omura Bay, part of the city of Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.		12/26/2008	352
	M65 Atomic Cannon, Junction City The atomic cannon was a huge piece of ordnance built by the United States in the mid-1950s to hurl nuclear shells far enough that they wouldn't kill the people who fired them. While far more sensible WWIII technology than, say, the atomic hand grenade, the atomic cannon did have its detractors and tactical limitations.		01/11/2006	392
	Atomic Bomb Loading Pits at Wendover Airfield In 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the "Manhattan Engineer District" for the purpose of developing an atomic bomb. By 1944 development of the bomb was under way and the B-29 bomber was selected to deliver the weapon. General Henry "Hap" Arnold, Commander Army Air Forces, named Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. to head the select team. Only Tibbets knew the missio...		11/29/2008	1,076
	The Next Atomic Bomb Wow, this really looks like a small-scale mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb (but probably just an oil fire)		06/19/2006	5,158
	The shark on a rooftop The Headington Shark is a sculpture situated at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a shark embedded head-first in the roof of the house. The shark first appeared on August 9, 1986. Bill Heine, a local radio presenter who still owns the house, has said "The shark was to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their roof out of a sense of impotence an...		04/01/2008	352
	Atomic rockets? Perhaps atomic rockets in south america and a lot of shelters ...		07/29/2005	991
	Lorient, 17.05.1943 Bombing Raid Mission #37 of the 303rd BG The near perfect flying weather of the past five days continued. Visibility over the target was excellent. Light flak was seen over the French coast, both in and out and over the target area. About 45 to 50 German FW-190s and ME-109s were in the area with 20 encounters, primarily tail attacks. Enemy losses were 7 destroyed, six probables, and six dama...		06/26/2006	334