... of the 64th anniversary of the dropping of the first (and, to date, only) hostile plutonium bomb - dropped on Nagasaki (the second target - they missed Kokura).
Irrespective of what one might think of Japanese atrocities in Manchuria or against British / other PWs, the death of 80,000 people in one single event is truly worthy of quiet reflection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Na...Hypocentre.jpg
In an example of the application of Murphys Law, a number of people had travelled from Hiroshima (after the first bombing - August 6th) TO Nagasaki before the bombing of August 9th.
Irrespective of what one might think of Japanese atrocities in Manchuria or against British / other PWs, the death of 80,000 people in one single event is truly worthy of quiet reflection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Na...Hypocentre.jpg
In an example of the application of Murphys Law, a number of people had travelled from Hiroshima (after the first bombing - August 6th) TO Nagasaki before the bombing of August 9th.
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