On Aug. 9, 1945, the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, instantly killing at least 40,000 civilians. It followed a similar attack on Hiroshima three days earlier, which claimed the lives of at least 70,000 people.
The 78th anniversaries of these two tragic events from the Second World War coincide with the release of Oppenheimer, a movie that focuses on J. Robert Oppenheimer, a prominent physicist who played a crucial role in the development of the first nuclear weapons.
This blockbuster film, directed by Christopher Nolan, has broken box office records by raking in over $500 million worldwide, according to official estimates provided by Universal Pictures, the film’s
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