World War 2, the Summer of 1945. Germany has surrendered. Adolf Hitler is dead. The war continues as Japan fights on.
The USA has developed a new, powerful weapon, the atomic bomb. Its creator, J. Robert Oppenheimer now calls himself the “Destroyer of Worlds.”
Japan surrenders after hundreds of thousands are killed when the atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The war might be over, but the world will never be the same again.
This is the story of Oppenheimer and the impact of the atomic bomb on the world. It is also the story of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Hibakusha, who continue to provide their eye-witness accounts today. Their message? “This must never happen again!”