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title: Devastation of Nagasaki, 1945.
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22165/devastation-of-nagasaki-1945/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-09-17
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# Devastation of Nagasaki, 1945.
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/22165.png)
## Image Caption
A photograph showing the destruction of the Japanese [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Nagasaki after the US Air Force dropped a plutonium bomb on the city on 9 August 1945 at the close of the Second World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/).
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196448) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 17 September 2026. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.