atomic bomb

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One of them in Nagasaki survived the 1945 atomic bomb blast and is still in working order, 117 years after it was fabricated and shipped from Scotland.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

“The Most Awful Responsibility” sympathetically portrays Truman’s conflicted soul over the mass death inflicted by the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Not to be confused with movies about Fox News or Hedy Lamarr, “Bombshell” isn’t just a film about the atomic bomb either.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

The specter of Nazism has always loomed large over the atomic bomb.

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2025

October 4,1957, was the midnight of the postwar era, and the end of the naive hope that the conflict that was ended by an atomic bomb would give way to an era of global peace.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly