Should the U.S. have destroyed Nagasaki with the second bomb?

With the Japanese continuing the war effort, a second city, Kokura, was designated as the target for the second atomic bomb. Nagasaki was designated as the secondary target if Kokura was not available. Three attempts were made to bomb Kokura, but the requirement for a visual bombing point could not be met and the plane was diverted to Nagasaki. read more

On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. The New York Times article reported that the dropping of the bomb occurred at noon, Japanese time. read more