Similarities Between Hiroshima And Ww2

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The books that are being compared are Hiroshima and Freedom for the Thought That We Hate. There are several similarities between these books such as: both take place or concern a time in which the United States was at war, both have historical aspects in them which changed the world, and both contain true stories about a person during or after an event. The books both take place or concern a time in which the US was at war. In Hiroshima, this was World War 2 when the Americans were fighting the Japanese. In FFTTTWH, both WW2 and WW1 are mentioned when discussing the first amendment. Both books have historical aspects in them which changed the world. In Hiroshima, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, which was an event that would

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