Timewatch · SEASON 8

Summer of the Bomb

Episode 7 · 1989-08-09

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  • Documentary

Episode overview

Did the atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki really shorten the war and save Allied lives? Based on American archive records, this dramatic account of the decision to use the atomic bomb reveals the reality of power politics - and pinpoints the origins of the Cold War.

60 minutes

Season 8 episodes

1. Light in the Dark1989-01-11 2. An Age of Empire1989-02-08 3. Sacrifice at Pearl Harbor1989-04-05 4. Playing with History1989-05-03 5. Witnesses1989-05-31 6. The Night of the Long Knives1989-07-27 7. Summer of the Bomb1989-08-09 8. The Land of Lost Content1989-09-06 9. Trotsky1989-10-04 10. Fascist Legacy: 1: A Promise Fulfilled1989-11-01 11. Fascist Legacy: 2: A Pledge Betrayed1989-11-08