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Dr Phil Weir
navalhistorian
A couple of weekend reading suggestions for the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings at #Hiroshima & #Nagasaki #WW21) A useful primer by @wellerstein (not just for journalists, either) on
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Sanho Tree
SanhoTree
For Hiroshima remembrance day, here's something from my previous career as a military & diplomatic historian (1989-95).https://twitter.com/sanhotree/status/736029460835803137 The Spirit of Hiroshima: This documentary looks at the Au
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Dan Zak
MrDanZak
75 years ago—after a swift, secret & costly scientific/industrial endeavor—the U.S. dropped a crude, untested atomic bomb over Hiroshima. It contained 141 lbs of concentrated uranium. Only about 2 lbs
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Greg Marsden
DrGregMarsden
This week I have been in Paris, Hiroshima, London (twice) and back to Hiroshima. I've heard from people in Chile, New Zealand, Japan, Poland, Italy, Turkey, Ireland etc. etc. All
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Craig Murray
CraigMurrayOrg
Nobody should be commenting on Alex Salmond's new evidence about Sturgeon lying to Parliament without first reading the Salmond letter IN FULL.https://wingsoverscotland.com/hiroshima-non-amour/This confirms two facts first reported on m
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Nicholas Sawicki
NicholasSawick1
On August 6, 1945 Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the future General of @JesuitsGlobal, was stationed on the outskirts of Hiroshima. At about 8:15 am, Arrupe was meeting with another Jesuit when
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BASIC
BASIC_int
Today marks three quarters of a century since the atomic annihilation of #Hiroshima by US forces and the enormous #humanitarian consequences that ensued. Below we share a number of articles
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T.K. of AAK!
AskAKorean
No. No, no, no, no, no. This is precisely the perverse path that elevates only Hiroshima and nothing else about the tens of millions of deaths that Imperial Japan caused.https://twitter.com/BostonReview/status/1291426437183016966
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Amy Catalinac
amycatalinac
Wild story about the leverage a small party (Komeito) has over its large party (LDP) coalition partner in Japan. Remember: Komeito controls 6% of Lower House seats, LDP controls 61%
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Philip Thai
philip_thai
1/ There are many great threads and essays commemorating the 75th anniversary of the #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki atomic bombings this week. Here are a few I found interesting— 2/ @chxdxehl
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Bizziness Bee
FloofyWorkerBee
Calling the bombing war crimes shows a massive ignorance to history and the actual depth of destruction from WWII.The allies dropped almost 3 million tons of bombs in Europe -
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zei_squirrel
important to remember also that truman went ahead with it primarily to intimidate the soviet union and ensure a greater sphere of influence for the US in the post-war orderhttps://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1291385164506030082
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Shivasis Mohanty
ImShivasis
#OnThisDay 75 yrs ago,Nagasaki became the 2nd city to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon.And since even their government took almost an entire day to realise that Hiroshima had been
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Turkey Leg Jeff
TurkeyLegJeff
I miss being able to go places. So it’s the first of the month, and A is the first letter of the alphabet, so here is a place I went
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Alex Wellerstein
wellerstein
When we talk about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we tend to focus on August 6 and August 9th. But August 8th, 1945, is one of the most important dates for understanding
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Kumo 🌵
GhostKumo
Today, August 6th, marks the 75th anniversary of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. There is so much that can be said for this watershed moment of
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