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72 Years Ago Today

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Aug 6 12:16:10 2017

72 years ago today, the crew of the Superfortress Enola Gay dropped the first combat version of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city was swept away in the blink of an eye, as the towering mushroom cloud rose tens of thousands of feet into the morning sky. Three days later, a second nuclear weapon incinerated the city of Nagasaki, and the Imperial Government surrendered the following week, finally ending the most catastrophic military conflict in human history.

The debate over whether the bombs should have been used at all, continues to this day.

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