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About The Hunt For The Sunken Nuclear Graveyards Of The Pacific

After the dropping of the second atomic bomb over Japan in 1945, the country surrenders and this signals the end of WW2. However, the US didn't expect the country to surrender so quickly. Their plan was to drop many more nuclear bombs over the country. What happened to these remaining bombs?

The Hunt For The Sunken Nuclear Graveyards Of The Pacific is presented by Real History. Its listed runtime is 47 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, The Hunt For The Sunken Nuclear Graveyards Of The Pacific uses sunken, nuclear, graveyards as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
The Hunt For The Sunken Nuclear Graveyards Of The Pacific
Category
Society
Runtime
47 minutes
Language
English
Publisher
Real History

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