1. Hiroshima: The Spark that Lit the World - Was It Really Nece
Can you imagine a device, the size of a small Volkswagen, that could destroy an entire city, kill more than 100,000 people, and leave a location almost inhabitable for 50 years to come? The Hiroshima Bombing, as it is called, happened on August 6th, 1945, and it was when the United States first released a nuclear bomb on one of Japan's cities, Hiroshima. Although there isn't an exact number accounting all deaths caused by the bomb, "Little Boy", estimates show that they rounded to nearly 140,000; mostly civilians. In the end, the bomb did force Japan to surrender, but more specifically, it for...
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