Nagasaki - Warum fiel die zweite Bombe?
It took two atomic bombs to end World War II on the Pacific theater. That's what we all know. But is it the truth? More than 100,000 people have been struck dead in the blink of an eye. Did they really have to die? This documentary tries to find the answer. But it doesn't just talk about political, military and scientific implications - it also introduces us to the surviving eyewitnesses of the nuclear attack and the last living member of the American bombing squad.
- Runtime
- 44m
- Released
- 2015
Details
Release year: 2015
Storyline
It took two atomic bombs to end World War II on the Pacific theater. That's what we all know. But is it the truth? More than 100,000 people have been struck dead in the blink of an eye. Did they really have to die? This documentary tries to find the answer. But it doesn't just talk about political, military and scientific implications - it also introduces us to the surviving eyewitnesses of the nuclear attack and the last living member of the American bombing squad.
Top credits
- Sakue Shimohira — Self - Atombomben-Opfer, Self - Strahlenopfer
- Michiaki Ikeda — Self - Atombomben-Opfer
- Heather McClenahan — Self - Museum Los Alamos
- Bill Hudgins — Self - ehem. Atomtechniker in Los Alamos