Аудио

After the horrific battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, America faced a terrible choice..." On August 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In seconds, the city was destroyed. Over 70,000 people died instantly." Three days later, a second bomb hit Nagasaki. Japan still refused to surrender. The devastation was unimaginable — radiation and firestorms killed tens of thousands more."