The eventsmore on that led to the bombings when we talk president Harry Trumans grandson, Clifton Truman daniel. 75 years ago today, the uso and the Nuclear Weapons bureau. Gay,ed from the b29 enola the bomb called little boy would explode with an impact of 15 kilotons and be responsible for the death of 237,000 people. That and the bombing of nagasaki on august 9 would propel japan to surrender and the end of world war ii. Good morning. It is washington journal for this thursday, august 6, 20 20. We are going to spend the entire program on the 75th anniversary of the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki and the end of world war ii. Would like to hear from you. Your thoughts on the decision to use the abomb, the end of the war and hiroshimas legacy. Zones, and central time 2027488000. Mountain and pacific 2027488001. World war ii veterans and their families 2027488002. Japaneseamericans, 2027488003. That line also available for your texts. Make sure you tell us where you are texting from
Hoping to bring you live coverage of acting Homeland Security secretary wolf right now. There is a technical issue with our signal that we are trying to resolve. This is live coverage on cspan. Lets hear from daniel on the line for world war ii family members. Caller yes. Forather did volunteer world war ii and fought in europe. I just want to share that the Nuclear Bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki were horrible war crimes. Wars are to be fought with military. Any attack of civilians is a war crime. The development of Nuclear Weapons has given us a massive thatsof Nuclear Waste leaking all over the place. We have accidents like crazy if you want to listen to john olivers show, the comedian. He will have you scared to walk out the door from all the accidents we had. Paying for Nuclear Weapons is against the law. We should not be paying our taxes to the federal government as long as it has Nuclear Weapons. We are financing terrorism. Nuclear weapons are a crime against humanity. Host ma
After World War II, Britain and its allies were threatened by Russia and its socialism, socialism which was becoming a ray of hope for the subjugated oppressed nations of the world, Russia s growing popularity in the region was a wake-up call for the Western powers.