... not for long. Looming not too distantly on the horizon was the juggernaut of World War II. In Europe, the nightmare had already begun "but many in the United States were reluctant to get involved in the new war. After the horrors experienced in the First World War, isolationism had become popular, as no one wanted to repeat the same disastrous circumstances that claimed millions of lives. Ironically ... finally complete. On August 6th, 1945, that power was unleashed upon the city of Hiroshima, practically leveling the entire city. Several days later, the same fate befell Nagasaki, and t...

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