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Remember Nagasaki. 9th August 1945

Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another country.  A mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb rises over Nagasaki. At least 70,000 died in the Nagasaki attack, which came three days after another bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Nagasaki was only chosen because the original target, Kokura, was obscured by a cloud. Much of the city was flattened by the attack

Remember Hiroshima. August 6th 1945

  Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another country.  The mushroom cloud after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Hiroshima Gas Company Building and the ruins of the Honkawa Elementary School.   August 6th 1945. 80,000 people were killed instantly and thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to the attack.

9th August

Remember Nagasaki.     Mushroom cloud from the Nagasaki atom bomb     About 30% of Nagasaki, including almost all the industrial district was destroyed by the bomb and nearly 74,000 were killed with a similar number injured.      A mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb rises over Nagasaki.     Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another country.       

6th August.

 Remember Hiroshima.  the mushroom cloud after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima   August 6th 1945. 80,000 people were killed instantly and thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to the attack. Hiroshima Gas Company Building and the ruins of the Honkawa Elementary School.   Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another country.  

Remember Nagasaki

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki August 9th 1945. Between 60,000 and 80,000 (exact figures are impossible, the blast having obliterated bodies and disintegrated records) people were killed  and thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to the bombing. Nagasaki was the secondary target for August 9th, but Kokura, the primary target, had 70% cloud cover obscuring that city, prevented the planned attack.   Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another country.

Remember Hiroshima

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-marks-68th-anniversary-hiroshima-bombing-19877548   August 6th 1945. 80,000 people were killed instantly and thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to the attack.   Only one country has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another country.    "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."  

August 9th, 1945.

August 9, 1945, Nagasaki. At 11:02, local time, for the second time in history, a nuclear device was detonated over a city. According to statistics found later, the death toll from the atomic bombing totaled 73,884,as well as another 74,909 injured, and another several hundred thousand diseased and dying due to fallout and other illness caused by radiation. Only one nation has ever used nuclear weapons against the civilian population of another nation.  The following is from BBC "On This Day 1950 - 2005. 9th August" BBC News.   1945: Atom bomb hits Nagasaki American forces have dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki - the second such attack on Japan in three days. The bomb was dropped by parachute from an American B29 Bomber at 1102 local time. It exploded about 1,625 ft (500m) above the ground and is believed to have completely destroyed the city, which is situated on the western side of the Japanese island of Kyushu. ...