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• Dropping the Atomic Bomb

  The only two instances of atom bombs being used in warfare were both during World War Two in 1945. The US Air Force bombed the cites of Hiroshima on 6 August and Nagasaki on 9 August causing catastrophic loss…

• Bletchley Park

  During World War Two, the Buckinghamshire estate of Bletchley Park became the home of the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS). They recruited all kinds of experts including linguists, mathematicians,…

• US Conscription During Vietnam

  Vietnam was one of the hot spots of the Cold War. The country was divided in two and the North, backed by the Soviet Union and Communist allies, was trying to forcibly re-unite with the South, backed by the US…