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August 9, 1945 - The United States drops the bomb on the city of Nagasaki.

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    • #Fat Man
    • #nuclear weapons
    • #nuclear war
    • #President Truman
    • #Atomic Cloud
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    • #mother and son
    • #destruction
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    • #August 9
    • #1940s
    • #bombing
    • #bomb
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