Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Nazis and the Bomb

How close were the Nazis to developing an atomic bomb? The truth is that National Socialist Germany could not possibly have ...

Why Was the Third Atomic Bomb Not Dropped? [Part 1]—The Nuclear Attack Clock That Stopped on August 15 (Historical Mystery Analysis Note)

There Was a 'Next After Hiroshima and Nagasaki'August 6, 1945, Hiroshima.August 9, Nagasaki.The 'atomic bombings' by the U.S.

Understand in 5 Minutes! What Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? A Simple Explanation of When and Why It Happened

In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The bombs were dropped on Hiroshima on ...
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Hanson: Were the atomic bombs of August 1945 'demonic?'

Did demons create the first atomic bombs? Every August, debate renews over both the wisdom and the morality of dropping the two American atomic bombs, 81 years ago, on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...
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The atomic bomb decision that ended Japan’s war

This video examines the decision to use atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. It explains the military pressure the United States faced, the limits of other options, and why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were ...
The Economist

Six books to understand the atomic bomb

THE USE of the newly invented atomic bomb at the end of the second world war changed geopolitics, physics, the nature of the American presidency, the human condition and the likelihood of the end of ...