Black day for the people out there…
On Wednesday, 09 August 2023, Nagasaki Day is observed to remember the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II.
This occasion gives a reminder of the immense destructiveness of nuclear weapons and promotes the ideals of peace and the elimination of nuclear arms.
The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (on August 6 and 9, 1945) were given the names "Little Boy" and "Fat Man."
The bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki with the 'Fat Man' plutonium bomb resulted in profound human suffering and devastation.
"Bock's Car" is the designated name of the B-29 bomber from the United States Army Air Forces that released the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon above the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
According to the National WWII Museum, everything within a mile of ground zero was annihilated.
Fourteen thousand homes burst into severe flames.
People, outside that radius received horrific burns and, there and further out, radiation poisoning that would eventually kill them.
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