The History Place - World War II in Europe

Moments after the atomic bomb was dropped by a U.S. B-29 Superfortress, a cloud forms over the Japanese city of Nagasaki rising over 60,000 feet. Below: After the bomb, a Catholic Cathedral on the hill is all that remains.

(Photo credits: U.S. National Archives)

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