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Hiroshima
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Remembering the tragic aftermath of the Hiroshima bomb - BBC
by BBCWorldwide 438,768 views
Hiroshima residents talk through their first memories after the bomb had fallen. Moving clip from BBC.
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4:35
Hiroshima: Dropping the Bomb
by BBCWorldwide 3,359,771 views
Hear first-hand accounts from the air and ground, re-telling every memory from the day the world first witnessed the horrors of atomic warfare.
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4:40
US troops preparing to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima - BBC
by BBCWorldwide 226,486 views
In the final briefing, American troops are told this will just be another day, another bombing. Soon enough, however, the event causes a media storm. Hear first hand accounts from the crew that flew the atom bomb to Japan in this clip from the BBC.
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4:56
Truman's ultimatum regarding Hiroshima - BBC
by BBCWorldwide 243,502 views
Japanese soldiers and civilians alike are being trained to attack American troops. Truman offers a fateful ultimatum at the Potsdam conference - All hope of reconciliation seems lost.
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4:35
Testing the atomic bomb and destroying lives in Japan - BBC
by BBCWorldwide 209,239 views
The first ever atomic bomb testing left the scientists not only amazed, but also apprehensive about the nature of the beast they had created. Video from BBC Worldwide.
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Atomic bombing of Nagasaki - BBC
by BBCWorldwide 2,513,864 views
Accounts of the American justification for dropping a second bomb in Nagasaki. From the BBC.
