1. The A-bomb in WWII
On August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay left the Pacific island of Tinian to bomb the Japanese city of Hiroshima. ... There was a tremendous fireball of white light. ... The New York Times quoted President Truman as saying: "It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. ... It was August 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, when the Japanese government did not surrender, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki . ... Japan surrendered to the Allied forces on August 14, 1945. ...
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