Bockscar Archives - Remnant Earth

Fordlandia

Fordlândia: Henry Ford’s Lost Town in the Amazon Places

The Molotov Line

The Molotov Line: Stalin’s Unfinished Wall on the Border Places

Vozrozhdenya Island

Rebirth Island: The Soviet Germ Warfare Range the Aral Sea Left Behind Places

The Sphinx Observatory

The Sphinx Observatory: A Research Station Carved into the Jungfraujoch Places

Sound Mirrors

The Sound Mirrors of Kent: Concrete Ears That Listened for Enemy Aircraft Places

Operation Crossroads

Operation Crossroads: Two Atomic Bombs, a Fleet of Targets and the People of Bikini Events

Zofiówka Sanatorium

Zofiówka Sanatorium: The Jewish Psychiatric Hospital Beneath the Otwock Pines Places

Operation Chastise

Operation Chastise: The Dambusters Raid on the Ruhr Events

Places

Tinian North Field: The Runways That Launched the Atomic Age

North Field on Tinian was built in weeks over a Japanese sugar colony, grew into the biggest airfield of its day and launched the two atomic missions. Its coral runways survived the jungle, and now they are being rebuilt.

Events

Nagasaki, 11:02 a.m.: The Second Bomb and the Six Days to Surrender

On 9 August 1945 a second atomic bomb fell on a city that was only the backup target, three kilometres from where it was aimed, as the Soviet Union invaded Manchuria and Tokyo argued over surrender. This is the story of Nagasaki and the six days that followed.