
Radio War Nerd EP 382 — Brief History of Nukes, feat. Annibale
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The Differences Between Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945
Hiroshima was overwhelmingly the more destructive bomb, and they usually attribute that to topography like it was a flat city. Nagasaki is beautiful, by the way, beautiful city that is sitting into a very hilly area. Both explosions were air burst. The bombs were made to explode well, like above the ground. And this is a crucial, crucial elements for any future assessment of a user of smaller tactical nukes.
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