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'I saw the horrors in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb'

Mr Hilling, who joined the RAF in April 1944 before being transferred to the Army and serving in India in 1945 before his ...

Should the US have dropped the atomic bombs on Japan?

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

I survived BOTH nuclear bombs that hit Japan in WW2 - it was 'the end of the world'

Eighty years ago, a flash of light changed the world forever. The stories of those who lived through the unimaginable reveal ...
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What Does It Mean to Remember Hiroshima as Bombs Drop on Gaza?

This year, the sanitized appeals to peace, hope, and resilience in memory of the catastrophe have become increasingly hollow.

Saplings grown from Hiroshima bomb 'survivor tree'

Seeds from a tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester ahead of the 80th anniversary ...

I survived Hiroshima: The world should turn away from nuclear weapons

Few survived the nuclear bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Keiko Ogura lived, to tell a grim tale.
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Nigel Biggar: Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 was wrong about two hundred thousand times over ...

Eight decades after Hiroshima, nuclear weapons continue to haunt global politics — and the world needs calm, pragmatic debate

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains a pivotal and controversial event in modern history. Beyond its ...

We can celebrate VJ Day. Dropping atomic bombs was morally justified

How can we celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, knowing that victory was bought by the dropping of atomic bombs? For ...

Nagasaki, Japan, marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing as survivors urge youth to push for nuclear ban

The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands ...

Japan's dream of a new empire to rival the West ended in the flash of two atomic bombs

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

‘Children like me had to carry bodies’: Japan A-bomb survivors urge world not to forget 80 years on

With over 12,000 nuclear warheads still in existence in the world, Maroosha Muzaffar asks are we forgetting the horrors ...