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US decision to use nuclear weapons ended World War II
Difficult and controversial as it was, President Truman's decision to drop the bombs saved countless lives, both Japanese and ...
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 warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since A-bomb
Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on leaders to heed the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and warned of the consequences of the ...
How the ‘Little Boy’ Hiroshima nuclear bomb transformed modern warfare forever
The Hiroshima bomb is the most devastating to have been used in real combat. But today’s nuclear weapons are far, far more ...
As Hiroshima marks 80 years since U.S. atomic bombing, survivor says "nuclear weapons and humanity cannot co-exist"
The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II.
Hiroshima Mayor Issues Nuclear Bomb Warning to West
Kazumi Matsui said the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East meant a growing acceptance of nuclear weapons.
Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...
Voices: Why are we commemorating Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons?
COMMENT: The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should be a reminder of the horrors of nuclear attack – not a chance for ...
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 ...
Japan's leaders call for nuclear arms abolition on Hiroshima 80th anniversary
The mayor of Hiroshima called out nuclear-armed nations Wednesday as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing ...
The legacy of my father, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor | Opinion
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, when 70,000 people were killed instantly. By the end of ...
Marking 80 years since U.S. dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic weapon of war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing tens of ...