HIROSHIMA, THE COUNTDOWN - The 116 Days That Changed the Course of History
HIROSHIMA, THE COUNTDOWN - The 116 Days That...

HIROSHIMA, THE COUNTDOWN - The 116 Days That Changed the Course of History

L20250181
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1945 - 2025

80 years ago, the world was turned upside down

April 12, 1945, D-116: Harry Truman, Vice President of the United States, receives a call: Franklin D. Roosevelt is dead. Thrust into command of the world's foremost power, he learns of the Manhattan Project, established to develop the atomic bomb.

May 8, 1945, D-90: Harry Truman announces Germany's surrender. The war in Europe is over, but Japan continues to fight.

May 28, 1945, D-70: Pressure mounts on Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project: the bomb must be tested before the Potsdam Conference, which will bring together Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, in order to secure Japan's surrender.

July 16, 1945, D-21: In New Mexico, a spectacular atomic mushroom cloud rises to nearly 12,000 metres. The first nuclear test is a success.

July 28, 1945, D-9: Japan rejects the United States' ultimatum.

August 4, 1945, D-2: Hideko Tamura, age 10, eagerly awaits her return home to Hiroshima after months spent away from the aerial attacks.

August 6, 1945, 7:05 a.m.: Colonel Paul Tibbets prepares to take off aboard the Enola Gay.

August 6, 1945, 2:15 a.m.: The crew of the Enola Gay learns what it is carrying.

August 6, 1945, 8:15 a.m.: A flash floods the aircraft with white light. Humanity will never be the same again.

"A masterful book." The New York Times

 

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Author 1
Chris Wallace
Author 2
Mitch Weiss
Publication date
April 2025
Pages
384
Cover
Paperback
Format
14.1 cm × 20.9 cm
Language
French
Publisher
Alisio

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