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70 years since Hiroshima: Are we still afraid of the Bomb?

70 years ago the Japanese city of Hiroshima was bombed. An estimated 140,000 people died because of its effects. Ollie hears callers' thoughts and memories.

Seventy years ago the Japanese city of Hiroshima was bombed. The surrounding area was destroyed in an instant. Five square miles of the city was flattened, and thousands were killed. By the end of 1945, . In the decades that followed, millions of people lived with the fear of the 'Bomb'. Do we still have that fear, today? Or has the world changed? Ollie asked for your thoughts on the subject - and spoke to callers with first-hand experience of what happened on that day in Japan in 1945.

1 hour

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Thu 6 Aug 2015 09:00

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  • Thu 6 Aug 2015 09:00