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Tokyo was the capital of Japan during World War II and still is. So it seems like if you want to do some real damage, you would bomb the capital, right? Not quite, because both Hiroshima and Nagasaki (atomic bomb targets) were major industrial cities. Nagasaki was the last city that the US wanted to bomb, it was an effective place to drop a bomb, because Mitsubishi had a huge factory there. Before Mitsubishi became a car company, they created the Japanese Zero plane, considered to be the best Japanese fighter plane. Mitsubishi mass-produced the Japanese Zero right in Nagasaki, so it would eliminate the idea that Japan would retaliate.
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Did the US bomb Tokyo before nagasaki?
Yes, the Doolittle Raids were commenced before the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the 509th Composite Group.
Did atomic bombs get dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki of Tokyo?
The first atom bomb fell on Hiroshima on 6th Aug 1945, and the second bomb fell on Nagasaki on the 9th August 1945.
What was the population of nagasaki after the atomic bomb?
the population of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was 166,000.
When was Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum created?
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum was created in 1955.
How many miles from nagasaki to Tokyo?
The flight distance from Tokyo, Japan to Nagasaki, Japan is 600 miles.
Why did Fat Man drop a bomb on Nagasaki Japan?
No, Fat man was the bomb dropped over Nagasaki.
What is a land marke in Nagasaki?
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
Where in japan did the second atomic bomb explode?
Nagasaki
Was Tokyo bombed after nagasaki and before the surrender date?
Nagasaki was the last attack.
Which explosion was bigger hiroshima or nagasaki?
The explosion in Nagasaki was bigger but the damage was less because of the terrain. Fat man, the bomb dropped over Nagasaki was a plutonium implosion type bomb compared with the uranium fission bomb dropped over Hiroshima.
Did the B-29 drop the bombs over Toyko?
B-29s were used to bomb Tokyo, but not with atomic weapons. Only Hiroshima and Nagasaki with attacked with atomic weapons.
What Japanese cities were bombed other than hiroshima and nagasaki?
Japan was almost destroyed when the nuclear bomb were deployed. Tokyo and Kyoto were bomb with fire bombs which had more casualties than the nuclear bombs but compare the two, the nuclear bomb were more potent.
