Nagasaki Battery Sites

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The Nagasaki Battery Sites were a group of 23 coastal artillery batteries erected to protect the port of Nagasaki in what is now Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu Japan during the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate. The ruins one of these sites was designated a National Historic Site in 1986 with the additional sites added to the designation in 2014 and 2020.

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artillery battery

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  • Japanese Database of National Cultural Properties page@
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Location: 32.7495, 129.8796, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Battle of Fukuda Bay
    1565 naval battle between the Portuguese and Japanese
  • Nossa Senhora da Graça incident
    1610 naval clash near Nagasaki, Japan
  • Siege of Tomioka Castle
    battle of Shimabara rebellion in 1638
  • atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    1945 use of nuclear weapons against Japan in World War II
  • atomic bombing of Nagasaki
    bombardment of Nagasaki in Japan carried out by the United States using an atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War on 9 August 1945
  • Nagasaki Battery Sites
    fortification in Nagasaki, Japan
  • Tateyama Air-raid Shelter
  • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
    military museum
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1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    classweapon1945Fat Mannuclear bombWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1565Battle of Fukuda BayKingdom of Portugal, naval battle, Matsura clanWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1610Nossa Senhora da Graça incidentKingdom of Portugal, Tokugawa shogunate, naval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1638Siege of Tomioka CastlesiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1945atomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiUnited States, Harry S. Truman, Empire of Japan, Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets, Shunroku Hata, William Sterling Parsons, aerial bombing of a city, dyadWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1945atomic bombing of NagasakiUnited States, war crime, nuclear explosion, aerial bombing of a cityWikidata
    linkpageCultural Heritage Online page@Wikidata
    linkpageJapanese Database of National Cultural Properties page@Wikidata
    linkpageNational Cultural Property page@Wikidata
    organisationfactory1884Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & MachineryshipyardWikidata
    organisationfactory1884Mitsubishi Shipbuildingshipyard, businessWikidata
    organisationmilitary branch1865Kaientainavy, private military company, trading companyWikidata
    siteartillery batteryNagasaki Battery Sitesartillery batteryWikidata
    sitebunkerTateyama Air-raid ShelterA-bombed building, war ruin, air-raid shelterWikidata
    sitemuseum1955Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museumpeace museum, military museumWikidata