U.S. documents show Britain supported atomic bombing of Japan

U.S. documents show Britain supported atomic bombing of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows copies of documents declassified by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The documents show Britain expressed support for the use of atomic bombs by the United States against Japan in World War II about a month before the first one was dropped on Hiroshima.

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