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Nagasaki bomb

Witness: World War 2 Collection by BBC

Aug 4, 202510:29Society & Culture

On 9 August 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing at least 74,000 people. It led to the end of World War Two in Asia, with Japan surrendering to the Allies six days later. The Nagasak...

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Nagasaki bomb is an episode from Witness: World War 2 Collection by BBC. On 9 August 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing at least 74,000 people. It led to the end of World War Two in Asia, with Japan s...

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Published Aug 4, 2025, 10:29 long, audio available.