Oppenheimer’s Atomic Bomb: The Nuclear Weapons That Could Wipe Out All Life | M.A.D World | Timeline

This compilation of four M.A.D World episodes explores the events that shaped the early years of the Cold War and the nuclear age, from the first atomic bomb to Cuban Missile Crisis. A single bomb with the power of 20 000 tons of TNT flattens Hiroshima and creates a horrific burst of nuclear radiation. This terrible new weapon stuns the world and the nuclear age begins.

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