A Look Back at the Atomic Bomb

from The Sons Of History · host The Sons Of History

Seventy-five years ago, President Harry S. Truman authorized the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan. Shortly after the second bomb hit, the greatest war in human history came to an end. Dustin Bass and Alan Wakim discuss the bomb and the logic behind dropping it.  August of 1945 introduced the world to the nuclear age, but was it worth it? The Sons of History discuss in detail.

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