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Letters to the Editor: Readers debate the 'moral necessity' of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

The atomic bombs may have saved "countless" lives, but if Truman had dropped one on a remote island nearby as a demonstration ...

Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity

It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.

80 years later, Hiroshima bombing survivors warn of new nuclear warfare

The Japanese city, on which America dropped the first atomic bomb near the end of World War II, is commemorating the ...

Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...

Hiroshima marks bombing’s date

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging ...

How a Japanese museum project is passing on the testimony of the last atomic bomb survivors

As numbers of atomic bomb survivors decline, can such deeply personal, traumatic memories truly be passed on to someone who ...

Grandchildren of men who experienced A-bomb attacks 80 years ago now work for peace

Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 ...

The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.
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80 Years On, Chilling Photos Of The Hiroshima Bombing Remind Us Why Nuclear Weapons Are Terrifying

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the first nuclear bomb on the unsuspecting Japanese city of Hiroshima. This cataclysmic ...

Smithsonian ignores Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings on 80th anniversary

In the absence of special events, the plane that bombed Hiroshima will quietly remain on display at the National Air & Space ...

Hiroshima bombing survivors recall their experiences 80 years later

The 80th anniversary of the devastating attack on Hiroshima was commemorated with survivors recalling their experiences. NBC ...

Contributor: Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity

It is an act of historical myopia to pretend that the atomic bombings were callous. They were the cost of hard-fought peace.