Nagasaki Day is annually observed across the globe on 9th August to create awareness about the hazards of nuclear power and to promote world peace. The day also remembers the atomic bomb victims of Nagasaki.
The 9th August 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, a city on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Background:
9th August marks the day on which the United States of America(USA) dropped the 2nd Plutonium bomb codenamed “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, on the island of Kyushu in Japan, the bomb was dropped 3 days after the first bomb “Little boy” was dropped on Hiroshima.
- The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only recorded use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
Nagasaki Bombing:
i.The nuclear bomb ‘Fat Man’ was dropped over Nagasaki by a specially adapted B-29 bomber, called “Bockscar”.
ii.The explosion of the bomb dropped at 11.02 am was equivalent to 22000 tons of TNT. Around 70000 people were instantly killed by the explosion.
