20th Century

A Translator's Split-Second Word Choice May Have Doomed Hiroshima

A Japanese interpreter's split-second choice of words may have sealed the fate of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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20th CenturyWorld War IIJapanUnited StatesDiplomacyTranslationAtomic BombPacific WarCommunicationHiroshimaNagasakiLanguage Barriers

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