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A gripping journey through WWII's darkest hours - tracing the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the top-secret race to build the atomic bomb, and the unimaginable devastation unleashed on Hiroshima. This minute-by-minute account immerses you in the key turning points that reshaped the course of history - and redefined the boundaries of humanity, warfare, and global power forever.
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00:05It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.
00:17The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought
00:22war to the Far East. All war is a crime, arguably, but the best thing you can do in a
00:30war is
00:31to end it. We are now prepared to destroy every productive enterprise the Japanese have in
00:40any city. The use of the atomic bomb in the theatre of war, war is something that I think
00:45America was perfectly prepared to do. Let there be no mistake, we shall completely
00:52destroy Japan's power to make war.
01:03If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air,
01:09the like of which has never been seen on this earth. Behind this air attack will follow sea
01:16and land forces in such numbers and power as they have not yet seen, and with the fighting
01:23skill of which they are already well aware.
01:28in such numbers.
01:295, 4, 3, 2, 1.
01:367, 2, 1.
01:395, 3, 2, 1.
01:439, 9, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17,
01:50I am a new way of the war is now covered.
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