The nuclear bombing of Japan in 1945 is widely credited with hastening the end of the Second World War. Even if true, was it ...

Although the atomic bomb hasn't been used in war since it was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the possibility of its future use can never be ruled out. The post 80 Years After Hiroshima, the ...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have significantly shaped our collective understanding of nuclear weapons as tools of ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.

Historian Richard Overy explains how the US firebombing of Japanese cities in 1945 killed more civilians than Hiroshima and ...

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...

This U.S. Navy World War II combat bulletin begins with the successful test of an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert a… Excerpts were shown from remarks by President Truman announcing the dropping ...

A mysterious protest doll with a 'Remember Hiroshima' sign appeared at Disneyland over the weekend, later revealed to be part ...

Since the age of seven, Shun Sasaki has been offering free guided tours to foreign visitors of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park with a mission: ensuring that the horrors of nuclear war do not ...

The Second World War has been described as the greatest human catastrophe of all time. The scope of destruction and lives ...

Today, 35% of Americans say using the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 was justified, while 31% say it was not justified. A third ...

While the family lived apart, Japan attacked the U.S. military base and airfields at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 1941.