1945-08-09

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

Nagasaki atomic bombingAtomic bombing of Nagasaki is a air war record around Nagasaki atomic bombing, situated in the defeat-endgame phase linking homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics and home-front mobilization in Japan.

Other events in this phase

Japanese Imperial Home Front163
  1. Supreme War Council session after Hiroshima
  2. Kyushu air raids on surrender eve
  3. Supreme War Council surrender debate
  4. Atomic bombing of NagasakiCurrent record
  5. Supreme war council surrender debate
  6. Imperial Conference decides to seek surrender
  7. Imperial conference on surrender
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Wartime Position

the defeat-endgame when homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics converged

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki is a air war record around Nagasaki atomic bombing, situated in the defeat-endgame phase linking homeland air raids, food crisis, final mobilization, and surrender politics. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics and home-front mobilization in Japan.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around Nagasaki atomic bombing clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Atomic cloud over Nagasaki and Wikimedia Commons · Atomic cloud over Nagasaki provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Atomic cloud over NagasakiVisual recordAtomic cloud over NagasakiA photograph of the atomic cloud over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Atomic bombing of Nagasaki.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Atomic cloud over NagasakiOpen source