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On August 9, 1945, in [[World War II]], an [[atomic bomb]] called [[Fat man]] was dropped on Nagasaki by the [[United States]], destroying large parts of the city.

On August 9, 1945, in [[World War II]], an [[atomic bomb]] called [[Fat man]] was dropped on Nagasaki by the [[United States]], destroying large parts of the city.

:"After the destruction of Hiroshima, the military leaders still rejected an American military occupation, disarmament, and war crimes trials conducted by the victors. News of the Nagasaki bomb was decisive, not in changing their minds, but in motivating the civilian leaders and Emperor Hirohito to face reality."<ref> [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hamby.htm Alonzo L. Hamby, "The Decision to Drop the Bomb," ''Journal of American History'', Vol. 84, no. 2 (September 1997)]</ref>

:"After the destruction of Hiroshima, the military leaders still rejected an American military occupation, disarmament, and war crimes trials conducted by the victors. News of the Nagasaki bomb was decisive, not in changing their minds, but in motivating the civilian leaders and Emperor Hirohito to face reality."<ref>[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hamby.htm Alonzo L. Hamby, "The Decision to Drop the Bomb," ''Journal of American History'', Vol. 84, no. 2 (September 1997)]</ref>

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==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Atomic bomb]]

* [[Atomic bomb]]

* [[The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth]] - book giving a dozen reasons not to drop the bomb

* [[The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb and the Architecture of an American Myth]] - book giving a dozen reasons not to drop the bomb