Here are some pictures of Nagasaki before Fat Man struck this innocent city. The United States chose this destination because this was Japan's main military base and also the weather permitted the bombing. Truman had other destinations of where he wanted to drop the bombs such as Kokura, Niigata, and Kyoto. Kyoto was the first choice, however because of Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, we were unable to bomb them and decided to bomb Hiroshima.
This is an image of ground zero (where the bombing took place).
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