100 Years of Cox
I am telling the story of ten siblings from the Machell Cox family, through the letters they wrote to each other. They were born in England between 1868 and 1884; seven of them lived in England and three lived abroad, in the Colonies. One of the siblings was my great grandfather.
100 Years of Cox
S4E13: 1945 - War and Atomic bombs
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Frances
Frances reads more letters from 1945, in which the siblings describe VE Day, VJ Day, the atomic bombs and the July 1945 General election.
The siblings are horrified at the devastation in Japan after the atomic bombs were dropped. After 80 years, the stories are still shocking.
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