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This is the definitive story of the most destructive weapon ever produced and the momentous decision that brought the Second World War to an end. On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, annihilating the city in seconds. Blending top-secret military strategy from the Potsdam Conference with raw, firsthand accounts from the air crew and Japanese survivors, this documentary explores the chilling technical reality of the Manhattan Project and the human cost of entering the nuclear age.
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This is the definitive story of the most destructive weapon ever produced and the momentous decision that brought the Second World War to an end. On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, annihilating the city in seconds. Blending top-secret military strategy from the Potsdam Conference with raw, firsthand accounts from the air crew and Japanese survivors, this documentary explores the chilling technical reality of the Manhattan Project and the human cost of entering the nuclear age.
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