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The explosive science behind the biggest human-made blasts on Earth
How the top-secret Manhattan Project saw the invention of the atomic bomb, which culminated in the end of one war and the beginning of another
Eighty years after atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, the resurrection of one of its cities remains remarkable
Amazing answers to your curious questions
Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dead. As the 80th anniversary of the attacks approaches, Stephen Walker, one of the last writers to interview them, revisits what they told him
“He came, he bombed, he ended the war.” ...
Since 1940 Japan had been devoid of civilian politicians as the parties had been dissolved by the militaristic Imperial Rule Assistance Association, led by Lt General Hideki Tojo. Over the intervening
