70 years after the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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August 2015 marks 70 years since the US dropped nuclear bombs on Japan. But was this drastic decision dictated by military necessity? RTD’s Peter Scott visits Hiroshima and Nagasaki to investigate the real reasons behind the bombings.

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Pavel Baydikov

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