Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the surface of a statue of a ...

More A-bomb survivors in Japan are sending written life stories to the government-run memorial halls in Hiroshima and ...

As the 80th anniversary of V-J Day approaches, veteran Caster Salemi reflects on his World War II experiences at Hudson's ...

On 80th anniversary of the 1st & only use of nuclear weapons, Nobel laureates warn that the world is closer to nuclear war ...

In “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb,” Garrett M. Graff presents the accounts of hundreds of people who were part of the creation, ...

As they do each August, several Quaker protesters gathered at the intersection of State and Main streets in the center of ...

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, how Japan's leaders took their country into a conflict it would be impossible to win ...

How close was Germany to developing an atomic bomb in World War 2? Learn the story of the secret commando raid to destroy Germany's Heavy Water facility. Just why was Germany so interested in the ...

For 80 years, since the atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world has stood at the brink of nuclear war with the potential for catastrophic loss, threatening ...

February 3, 1945. Over Berlin's darkening skies, the unthinkable was unfolding. 1,400 American heavy bombers, 950 fighters, and 15,000 airmen had been assembled. Their payload: 2,500 tons of high ...

The cities will celebrate their 'sister city' relationship this month, 80 years after the atomic bombings of Japan.

Devon poet Clare Bryden has written a moving piece for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, honouring atomic bomb victims and ...