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What industry made Nagasaki a target during World War II?
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atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A gigantic mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, after a U.S. aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on the city, immediately killing more than 70,000 people.
In the early 20th century, Nagasaki became a major shipbuilding center. It was this specific industry that led to the city being selected as a target for the second atomic bomb dropped by the United States during World War II.12