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Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (1x6)

Udgivelsesdato: Jul 27, 1995

It's been more than 50 years since the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. To this day, Americans know very little about how that decision was reached. Did it shorten the war? Did it save American lives? Was it necessary? Were there alternatives? Did the United States need to be the first and the only nation to use an atomic bomb?