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The little-known history of secrecy and censorship in wake of atomic bombings

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imageTwo months after the bombing at Hiroshima. US Department of Defense

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago, is one of the most studied events in modern history. And yet significant aspects of that bombing are still not well known.

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