
#286 | The Atomic Bomb Part 3: The Aftermath
English Learning for Curious Minds
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Should the United States Have Dropped the Bombs?
An american bomber had just dropped fat man, an innocent sounding object, on nagasaki. Fat man was a platonian bomb with an explosive force of 21 thousand killo tons. Together with its little brother, little boy, the two bombs killed anywhere from a hundred and 30 thousands to 230 thousand people in the cities of nagasaki and hirashima,. Shortly afterwards, japan surrendered, and world war too was over. This was over three quarters of a century ago now. But ever since, questions have been asked about whether the united states was justified in its use of the most powerful, deadly weapons ever used on civilians. In short, should the united states have
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