nAugust 9
nAt 9:44 a.m.
Bockscar, a B-29 carrying Fat Man, the world's third atomic bomb,
arrives at its primary target, Kokura. The city is covered in haze
and smoke from an American bombing raid on a nearby city.
Bockscar turns to its secondary target Nagasaki. At 11:02 a.m. the world's third
atomic bomb explosion devastates Nagasaki, the intense heat
and blast indiscriminately slaughters its inhabitants