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- Stalin had planned to seize a major Japanese island. When Truman refused, Stalin blinked. Why?
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In the wee hours of Aug. 24, 1945, Soviet long-range bombers would take off from their air... How Israel Hid Its Secret Nuclear Weapons Program
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