One of History's Mysteries: Tateyama Air-raid Shelter, Nagasaki, Japan
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Channel: Stars and Stripes · 2011 · News & Politics
On Aug. 9, 1945 Nagasaki Gov. Wakamatsu Nagano called a meeting of his closest advisors in the Tateyama Air-raid Shelter to discuss the recent atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Legend has it that he had a feeling that the city of Nagasaki would be next and that he wanted to discuss the evacuation of civilians from the city. Nagano had just finished speaking when suddenly - at 11:02 a.m. - the lights went out in the shelter. They started to light candles when they heard a loud noise. This was followed by intense light... Nagano was too late; the atomic bomb had just fell on the city, killing 80,000 people...
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