London, 09/08/2013. To mark and commemorate the 68th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki (9th August 1945), the "London Peace Pagoda" held a Peace walk from Westminster Cathedral to the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park, followed by a floating lantern ceremony at sunset. The aim of the demonstration was to remember the victims of the atomic bomb "Fat Man (Codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, it was the second of...
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London, 09/08/2013. To mark and commemorate the 68th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki (9th August 1945), the "London Peace Pagoda" held a Peace walk from Westminster Cathedral to the London Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park, followed by a floating lantern ceremony at sunset. The aim of the demonstration was to remember the victims of the atomic bomb "Fat Man (Codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, it was the second of two nuclear weapons to be used both against Japanese cities in warfare to date. "Fat Man" was dropped from the B-29 bomber Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, of the United States Army Air Forces).
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