Atomic Bomb Dropped On Hiroshima 1945

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The American B-29 'Enola Gay' drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands of civilians and marking the beginning of the end of war with Japan

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Black & White
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sound
Media URN:
100027
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ADTSTW028
Issue Date:
2011

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