Nagasaki
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Taras DYACHENKO Hiroshima and Modernity
If the nuclear bombings – which, moreover, mostly targeted the civilian population – did not play the key role in winning the war, what could be the objective behind them? A. Vert, a British journalist who lived in the USSR in the 1940s answered the question clearly over three decades ago: Washington meant to intimidate… Continue reading
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Why World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds By Jacques R. Pauwels
Sixty-five years ago, Truman did not have to use the atomic bomb in order to force Japan to its knees, but he had reasons to want to use the bomb. The atom bomb enabled the Americans to force Tokyo to surrender unconditionally, to keep the Soviets out of the Far East and – last but… Continue reading
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Never Forget The Lessons Of Yesterday For The Sake Of Tomorrow By Vincent Guarisco
300,000 Atomic Veterans (including my father) know they are the government’s best-kept-secret when they were quickly deemed “expendable” by Uncle Sam’s nuclear weapons testing programs. Continue reading