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Nagasaki was bombed three days later.
On August 9, the U.S. Army Air Forces detonated a plutonium implosion-type fission bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" over the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
Soviet Union declared war on Japan on 9 August 1945, three days after the USA atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
On August 9, 1945, the Soviet Union renounced its non-aggression pact with Japan and attacked the Japanese in Manchuria.
The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 9 and invaded Manchuria.