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In 1945, the world was ushered into the atomic age. With his role as the Father of the Bomb solidified, Oppenheimer became increasingly worried about the potential danger that scientific inventions could pose to humanity. Although concerned, he was forced to press on due to the demands of the war.

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In 1945, the first atomic bomb used in combat was dropped over Hiroshima. Three years before, the same pilot led the first daylight bombing in Europe.

Rouen to Hiroshima: Legacy of the Enola Gay

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On August 6th, 1945, the B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay, piloted by Paul Tibbets, dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, bringing the Second World War to an end. But the story began three years earlier, on August 17th, 1942, in French skies over Rouen, when the same pilot led the first daylight-bombing mission against occupied Europe. Soon more high-altitude air raids would be given the green light, and the landscape of Europe and WWII would change forever.

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