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To: myknowledge

“By August 9th, American aircraft were showering leaflets all over Japan informing its people that “We are in possession of the most destructive explosive ever devised by man. A single one of our newly developed atomic bombs is actually the equivalent in explosive power to what 2,000 of our giant B-29s can carry on a single mission. This awful fact is one for you to ponder and we solemnly assure you it is grimly accurate. We have just begun to to use this weapon against your homeland. If you still have any doubt, make inquiry as to what happened to Hiroshima when just one atomic bomb fell on that city.”

- The Manhattan Project, and Interactive History


10 posted on 08/05/2009 9:43:50 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: Redbob
One wonders what it must have been like for the brave crews of the Enola Gay and the Bockscar to know they had immediately changed the course of world history for the better?


12 posted on 08/06/2009 12:09:52 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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