Hiroshima: the 'blinding flash' that changed the world forever

The Ecologist
Aug 6, 2015, 4:28 am68 pts
This day in 1945, the explosion of a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, changed the world forever, writes Daniel Cordle. A remarkable article in the New Yorker by John Hersey has shaped the way the world perceives the event, and nuclear weapons generally, by illuminating the humanity of its victims in clear,…

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