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Weapon in history over hiroshima, japan, followed by a second detonation over the city of nagasaki. Six days later, japan surrendered, bringing an end to the second world war. I have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government. This is a full acceptance as of the potsdam declaration. The Unconditional Surrender of japan. Through the work of cspans cities tour, we will share stories of people who contributed to this world altering event. We begin in new orleans. The National World war ii museum. We are here on the road to tokyo exhibit. That will take us through the war in the pacific from 1941 to 1945. One of the interesting aspects is how quickly the turning point came in. The bombing of pearl harbor was 1941 and about six months later, after the japanese ran wild through the pacific, the battle of midway was fought. At the battle of midway, dive bombers destroyed no fewer than four japanese aircraft carriers in a brief battle. That was a major portion of japans nav
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Next on American History tv. We visit a hiroshima nagasaki atomic bomb exhibit in washington d. C. This american Artifacts Program was recorded in 2015. , hi im peter cousin a kick. And the professor of history and director of american universities Nuclear Studies institute. I began our institute back in 1995. Institute was born in the middle east midst of a controversy. I was gonna be held at the air and space museum of the smithsonian. This was an attempt by the smithsonian to do an honest and balanced to is this exhibit over the decision to drop the atomic bomb. This was the 50th anniversary. In the midst of that, i decided with one of my students whose mother and grandmother survived the atomic bombing it hiroshima. Her grandfather died in the atomic bombing. We decided we would do Something Special to commemorate the 50th anniversary. So we were gonna teach two courses here on campus and bring students here to kyoto and hiroshima. While we were planning, this the smithsonian exhib