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Survivors recall initially seeing bright lights. In Nagasaki, Kikuyo Nakamura, who was 21 back then, said the mountains looked like they were on fire. Students in Hiroshima recall an intense light, a ...

The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy ...

Editor’s Note: This article contains potentially triggering material, including discussions of war, health effects of atomic bombs, child death and more. In August 1945, the United States dropped ...

In May 1945, near the end of World War II, Germany surrendered to the Allies but Japan refused. To end the war quickly, President Truman's government decided to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On ...

Aug. 6, 1945 — the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the U.S. dropped bomb on Nagasaki. The events were some of the most momentous and destructive in ...

HOUSTON, June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kindred House Media announces the streaming premiere of its WWII documentary, “Sakura & Pearls: Healing from World War II” on Amazon Prime. As a standout ...

Roughly two hours before the United States bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, Iowa pilot Paul Tibbets announced to his crew of the Enola Gay that they were carrying the "world's first atomic bomb." ...

Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki share powerful first-hand accounts of the day the world changed forever. Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, ...

Eighty years since the first and only time the atomic bomb was used for warfare on Aug 6. and Aug. 9, 1945, survivors of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki open up about what it was like on the ...

Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right), August 1945, Japan. Credit - Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group—Getty Images Most of the survivors were children ...