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Alex Wellerstein
wellerstein
75 years ago today: General Groves drafted the atomic bombing strike order, with Nagasaki added to the list for the first time to add another back-up target after Kyoto had
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Stephen Schwartz
AtomicAnalyst
At this moment 75 years ago—11:02am August 9, local time, "Fat Man”—a 21-kiloton implosion-type atomic bomb—exploded ~1,650 feet over Nagasaki, missing its intended aim point by 1.3 miles but killing
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Jeremy Gans
jeremy_gans
This thread from last year is the best one to read today on the 75th anniversary of the last nuke used in anger (for now.) For many reasons, what happened
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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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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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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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Catholic Arena
CatholicArena
August 9th, 1945A brutal single act of violence Was committed against the home of Christianity in the EastWhen American forces dropped an Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, JapanA thread on the
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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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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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Alex Wellerstein
wellerstein
Today is the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. Often overlooked, compared to Hiroshima, as merely the "second" atomic bomb, the Nagasaki attack is far more tricky, and important,
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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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Bes D. Socialist
besf0rt
had to learn that some US americans still justify the use of atomic bombs in japan. are you.. serious? my history teacher in switzerland tried to twist it in such
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Korra Satsuki🧢🌈 #ヤン・ギャング #YangGangOldGuard
KorraSatsuki
This disgusts me. I know I’m in the minority here but I’m the last of my family’s linage because the US tested a thermal nuclear bomb on Nagasaki civilians. None
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per my last email,
AntillanaSoy_
somebody makes this type of statement once a week...lower in the thread they say pale East Asians are “White” and others that say this will also say Palestinians are “White”
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gaming disorder pawg
roun_sa_ville
There are 3 historical narratives about Hiroshima and Nagasaki that emerge roughly in chronological order: the "heroic" narrative, the "tragic" narrative, and the "apocalyptic" narrative. The "heroic"
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gaming disorder pawg
roun_sa_ville
Today is the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States. This unprecedented act of violence killed an estimated 100,000 people. Irrefutable historical evidence proves that
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