Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 24-The Bomb(February–September 1945)' (Aug. 9, 1945, at 45:38)

(Thursday, August 9, 1945, 11:02 a.m. JST; during World War II) — Three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a specially adapted American B-29 bomber called Bockscar under the command of Maj. Charles W. Sweeney, exploded a nuclear device today over Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 74,000 people.

Video: 'Peter Jennings - Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped (1995)' (Aug. 9, 1945, at 58:37)

Video: 'American Experience Truman 1' (Aug. 9, 1945, at 2:12:54)

Video: 'Blitzkrieg to the Bomb' (Aug. 9, 1945, at 1:03:05)

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