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'''Nagasaki''' is a [[city]] on the [[island]] of [[Kyushu]] in [[Japan]].  After the [[Tokugawa Shogunate]] closed off Japan to foreigners, Nagasaki was the only port still open to European traders.
 
'''Nagasaki''' is a [[city]] on the [[island]] of [[Kyushu]] in [[Japan]].  After the [[Tokugawa Shogunate]] closed off Japan to foreigners, Nagasaki was the only port still open to European traders.
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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.
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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. This decision to use the weapon has been criticised, perhaps more so than the bombing of Hiroshima. A common allegation is that the second bomb was dropped only to test the effectivness of the weapon, as it was a different type to the bomb that was used against Hiroshima.
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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