Why Bomb Nagasaki?
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On August 9th 1945, the United States dropped a nuclear weapon on Nagasaki. After almost 80 years, few are aware of the strange events that led to Nagasaki - of all places - being chosen as a nuclear target. The reality is, the city was not chosen because of any real military significance of value, but for other darker reasons which are, for the most part, not discussed to this day
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