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The WWII Tokyo firebombing was the deadliest air raid in history, with a death toll exceeding those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The US air raid killed up to 100,000 Japanese people, most of them civilians, signaling an escalati…
Yoonji Han
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Here's what Hiroshima looks like today - and how the effects of the bombing still linger
Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images The A-bomb Dome, which survived the 1945 atomic bombing on Hiroshi…
Laura McCamy
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Declassified photos show the US's final preparations for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombs, known as "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," were loaded onto bombers at the North Field airbase…
Military & Defense Team
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Godzilla was birthed from the devastation in Japan after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Here's how a real fishing-boat disaster inspired the fictional monster.
And at the height of fear and panic just eight months after the incident, the 1954 original "Gojira…
Nathaniel Lee
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Declassified photos show the US's final preparations for the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Many things are known about the sequence of events leading up to the dropping of the bombs, known a…
Military & Defense Team
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Declassified Photos Show The US's Final Preparations For The Nuclear Attacks On Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Many things are known about the sequence of events leading up to the dropping of the bombs, known a…
Christian Storm
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Amazing Declassified Photos Show The US's Final Preparations For The Nuclear Attacks On Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Many things are known about the sequence of events leading up to the dropping of the bombs, known a…
Christian Storm
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Einstein's 1939 letter, warning of atomic weapons, just sold at auction for $3.9 million
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought a copy of Einstein's infamous 1939 letter to Roosevelt in 20…
Jenny McGrath
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Lindsey Graham wants more bombs for Israel, saying the US was right to nuke Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Sen. Lindsey Graham this month repeatedly hailed the atomic bombings as an argument for why the US …
Matthew Loh
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Elon Musk has become just another Trump apprentice
Plenty of people have been steamrolled by Donald Trump, but no one has torched their image in servi…
Linette Lopez
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D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history — and likely the last. Here's why.
D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history, and possibly the last due to smaller militari…
Michael Peck
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Matt Damon says he spoke to Ben Affleck's grandfather who served in World War II about Hiroshima before starring in 'Oppenheimer'
"Oppenheimer" star Matt Damon told CNN's Chris Wallace it was "impossible" to say whether the US ma…
Maria Noyen
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'Oppenheimer' is now playing in theaters around the world except in Japan. Here's why.
"Oppenheimer" hasn't got a Japanese release date yet, but the country hasn't completely banned the …
Eammon Jacobs
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Why Einstein wasn't part of the Manhattan Project even though he convinced President Roosevelt to build an atomic bomb
Einstein didn't join scientists like J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Manhattan Project. US officials w…
Sonam Sheth
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Long after Oppenheimer, the US is still paying benefits to people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear tests
Years later, US veterans with illnesses related to nuclear weapons testing like the Trinity test se…
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella
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Oppenheimer went into a deep depression after reading about the effects of the atomic bomb on Japan and even publicly spoke out against using the bomb
At a meeting with President Harry Truman in 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer told the commander-in-chief…
Rebecca Cohen
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Cillian Murphy admits sex scenes are the most 'awkward' part of acting, but says they were 'vital' to 'Oppenheimer'
Like "Oppenheimer" director Christopher Nolan, star Cillian Murphy believes the sex scenes in the e…
Jason Guerrasio
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Christopher Nolan says a surprising sex scene in 'Oppenheimer' shows just how intrusive the hearings were in real-life: 'He was being split open for all to see'
The acclaimed director told Insider his reasons behind a jarring scene in the movie in which he use…
Jason Guerrasio
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How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic bombs
Hydrogen bombs, considered nuclear weapons, work using a combination of nuclear fission and fusion.…