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25 de mar. de 2021 · Topics. Bomb, 1965, Chet Huntley, Hiroshima, Atomic Bomb, Stock Footage. Dating to 1965, this documentary film "The Decision to Drop the Bomb" takes a look at the most difficult decision in President Harry Truman's term in office: the decision as to whether or not to use the newly-developed atomic bomb against Japan.
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped: Con Peter Jennings, Gar Alperovitz, Barton Bernstein, McGeorge Bundy. Documentary addressing controversial questions surrounding the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan at the end of World War II. Includes interviews with historians and analysis of records left by participants in the decision.
Eleven days later, on August 6, 1945, having received no reply, an American bomber called the Enola Gay left the Tinian Island in route toward Japan. In the belly of the bomber was “Little Boy,” an atomic bomb. At 8:15 am Hiroshima time, “Little Boy” was dropped. The result was approximately 80,000 deaths in just the first few minutes.
Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulted from the interplay of his temperament and several other factors, including his perspective on the war objectives defined by his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the expectations of the American public, an assessment of the possibilities of achieving a quick victory ...
21 de jul. de 2023 · Periodismo Científico. Tiempo 3 de lectura. “Ahora me he convertido en la Muerte, el destructor de mundos”. En 1965, en plena Guerra Fría y con los ensayos nucleares en su apogeo, la cadena de televisión NBC emitía el documental The Decision to Drop the Bomb.
This examination of President Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945 argues that the attacks were not needed to win World War II but were carried out in order to, as Truman put it, "have a hammer" on the Soviet Union. Ian Holm narrates. Characteristics. Moods. Food for Thought. Keywords.
2 de sept. de 2015 · The U.S. detonated an atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 8th and then invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria just after midnight. Later that day, August 9, a second U.S. a-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
