See what Hiroshima looks like 80 years after the atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...
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80 years later, Hiroshima bombing survivors warn of new nuclear warfare

HIROSHIMA, Japan — For more than half a century, chimes have rung out across the Japanese city of Hiroshima every morning at exactly 8:15. The solemn ritual marks the precise moment Aug. 6, 1945, when ...

Hiroshima students turn A-bomb survivors' testimonies into new artworks

HIROSHIMA -- A group of art students at a high school here have created 14 new artworks related to the atomic bombing of ...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years after the atomic bomb, the world still grapples with the fallout

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...
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80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Eighty years ago, the US government carried out one of world imperialism’s most horrific war crimes: the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The bombings, on August 6 and 9, 1945, ...
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Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...
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80 years after Hiroshima, the world still lives under threat of nuclear destruction

Religious sisters and others pray during Mass on Aug. 6 at the World Peace Memorial Cathedral in Hiroshima, Japan, for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing. The Mass was part of a "Pilgrimage of ...
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The Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. Here's where the plane is now.

The Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is so large that it couldn't fit into the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's ...
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Bombing of Nagasaki

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. That first-ever use of an atomic weapon killed an estimated 140,000 people in all, most of whom were civilians. Three ...
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See what Hiroshima looks like 80 years after the atomic bomb

On Wednesday, residents of Hiroshima will pause to remember the day — exactly 80 years ago — that changed the course of history. The device that exploded over Hiroshima destroyed about two-thirds of ...