The bombing of Nagasaki

Nagasaki suffered the same fate as Hiroshima in August 1945. The bombing of
Nagasaki on August 9th was the last major act of World War Two and within days the
Japanese had surrendered.

Two senior American military figures - General Groves and Admiral Purnell - were
convinced that two atomic bombs dropped within days of the other would have such an
overwhelming impact on the Japanese government that it would surrender.

Nagasaki was not America's primary target. This was Kokura. The three potential targets for a
second bomb were Kokura, Kyoto and Niigata. Nagasaki was only added to a list of potential
targets when Kyoto was withdrawn (it had been the secondary target for a second bomb)
because of its religious associations.

Tokyo

Tokyo is the place where the rest of the world goes to imagine how the future might look -- a
megalopolis of some 30 million consumer-citizens that renders most science fiction redundant. The
electronic and economic brain of the world's most technologically advanced society, the Japanese capital
glows in a neon haze that blurs the boundaries between hyper reality and virtual reality. For the first
time visitor, arriving in Tokyo can feel like you're tripping on LCD screens. Bombarded by information,
advertising and commerce, Tokyo fulfils the maxim that capitalism abhors a vacuum.