Nagasaki Remembers Atomic Bomb Horror

World | August 9, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00
Nagasaki Remembers Atomic Bomb Horror The Japanese city of Nagasaki is marking the 60th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb at the end of World War Two. At least 70,000 people died in the world's second nuclear attack. Photo by www.patriagrande.net

The Japanese city of Nagasaki is marking the 60th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb at the end of World War Two. At least 70,000 people died in the world's second nuclear attack. About 6,000 people attended a ceremony in the city's peace park, including Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Correspondents say there is fresh controversy over why the attack happened just three days after the bombing of the city of Hiroshima. Some historians argue that the attack was seen as necessary because Japan had not surrendered. But others believe that the attack enabled the American military to try out plutonium as a nuclear weapon.

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