60th Anniversary Of The Atomic Bomb Of Nagasaki(01 of39)
Open Image ModalView of the radioactive plume from the bomb dropped on Nagasaki City, as seen from 9.6 km away, in Koyagi-jima, Japan, August 9, 1945. The US B-29 superfortress Bockscar dropped the atomic bomb nicknamed \'Fat Man,\' which detonated above the ground, on northern part of Nagasaki City just after 11am. (Photo by Hiromichi Matsuda/Handout from Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum/Getty Images) (credit:Handout via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalA mushroom cloud rises moments after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Atomic Bomb Smoke Over Nagasaki(03 of39)
Open Image ModalIn this photo provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, a column of billowing smoke, thousands of feet high, mushrooms over the Japanese city of Nagasaki after U.S. Airmen dropped the second atomic bomb early in August 1945. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalPhoto from the U.S. Signal Corps showing the devastation left after an atomic bomb exploded over Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9 1945. The year marks the 50th anniversary of that occasion. No precise date is given for the photo, which was taken not long after the explosion. (AP PHOTO) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Civilians Killed Wars(32 of39)
Open Image ModalFILE - This aerial photo taken in March 9, 1945 shows the industrial section of Tokyo along the Sumida River. The nuclear bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 killed about 130,000 people, secured Japan\'s surrender and ended World War II. Less well-known, perhaps, is Operation Meetinghouse - the firebombing of Tokyo five months earlier. (AP Photo, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalAn expanse of ruins and about 70.000 killed people left behind the throwing of second atomic bomb over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, only three days after the first bomb over Hiroshima. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NAGASAKI MITSUBISHI FACTORY(34 of39)
Open Image ModalAll that is left of the Mitsubishi weapons factory is a sagging, skeletal hulk, seen Sept. 14, 1945, over a month after atomic attack of August 9. The bomb flattened 18,000 buildings and killed over 26,000 people. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Atomic Bomb dropped in Nagasaki, Japan(35 of39)
Open Image Modal376900 06: (FILE PHOTO) The Roman Catholic cathedral is destroyed after an atomic bomb was dropped August 8, 1945 in Nagasaki, Japan. (Courtesy of the National Archives/Newsmakers) (credit:National Archives via Getty Images)
An Atomic Bomb was dropped in Nagasaki, Japan(36 of39)
Open Image Modal376900 03: FILE PHOTO: A Roman Catholic cathedral stands in Nagasaki, Japan after an atomic bomb was dropped August 8, 1945. (Courtesy of the National Archives/Newsmakers) (credit:National Archives via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH STORY: WWII-history-nuclear-N(37 of39)
Open Image ModalNAGASAKI, JAPAN: TO GO WITH STORY: WWII-history-nuclear-Nagasaki (FILES) This file photo taken in 1945 next to the Urakami river in Nagasaki shows a wrecked brick wall and a \'Mitsubishi\' steel factory after a bombing by the US Air Force. After marking the start of the atomic age in Hiroshima 60 years ago, the world will mark 09 August 2005 the second nuclear bombing in Nagasaki, an anniversary which always begs the question whether a second attack was justified. For residents of Nagasaki, the nuclear bombing on August 9, 1945 just three days after Hiroshima is taken as proof that US war planners had more on their minds than pure military strategy. AFP PHOTO/FILES (Photo credit should read AIR FORCE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP PHOTO FILES via Getty Images)
Nagasaki Drydock(38 of39)
Open Image ModalAugust 1945: The dry docks in Nagasaki, the target of the second atomic bomb to be dropped on Japan. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) (credit:Keystone via Getty Images)
Nagasaki Street(39 of39)
Open Image Modal9th August 1945: People promenading down a busy street in Nagasaki. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) (credit:Fox Photos via Getty Images)