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A riveting, minutebyminute account of the momentous event that changed our world forever on a quiet monday morning in august 1945. A superb account of the development of the bomb that destroyed a japanese city with the heat of ten suns. On august 6, 1945, hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city. As usual, i am only going to point out a few things i thought were most interesting.
It was a moment that stilled and forever changed the world. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The decision to drop the atomic bomb ebook written by dennis wainstock. Countdown to hiroshima isbn 9780060742850 pdf epub.
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