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Young Researcher Searches for Missing 'Pumpkin' Bombs

The United States dropped 49 mock atomic bombs across Japan in the closing weeks of World War II, killing around 400 people as American air crews practiced the techniques later used in the atomic…

  • U.S. conducted 49 mock atomic bomb tests in Japan during WWII, known as Pumpkin bombs.
  • Nara was the only Kansai region not targeted in these practice missions.

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