WW2 · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
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6 Aug 1945 — The first atomic bomb kills tens of thousands instantly. The nuclear age begins.
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- End of WW2 in the Pacific (chapter 14 of WW2)
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- The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945
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