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During World War II, how did censorship prevent the world from knowing the total effects of the atomic bomb in Japan?

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U.S. military officials would not allow news of the bombing to reach the American public, for fear of interference by Congress. News reporters were directed to exaggerate the damage that was done Japanese cities during the atomic attack. News reporters were discouraged from fully describing or showing the destruction that occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese media worked hard to keep the rest of the world from knowing the total devastation Japan had suffered.

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