Shockwave Countdown to Hiroshima

Name: Shockwave Countdown to Hiroshima
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ISBN: 9780060874049

ISBN-10: 006087404X

ISBN-13: 9780060874049

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephen Walker

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At 31,000 feet above Japan, Tom Ferebee sits hunched over his bombsight. Below him lies the primary target of an operation called "Special Mission Number 13" by the few military personnel aware of its existence—Hiroshima, a city of over 300,000. He waits until the aiming point is directly below the crosshairs and releases his cargo—a five-ton bomb known as Little Boy by the scientists who built it. If all goes as theorized, the resulting destruction will lead to Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. But right now, a very real question occupies the minds of everyone involved:Will it work?The historical record is clear: It did work. On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, the bomb…

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List price: $11.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Binding: E-Book
Language: English