Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. August marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombs ending World War II. Initially, the American public hailed President Harry ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of President Harry Truman's fateful decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively, Aug. 6 and 9, 1945). To date, ...

Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The bombings ...

Eighty years ago, in one of the most consequential understatements of all time, Emperor Hirohito told the people of Japan that “the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.” ...

A pair of grim 80th anniversaries will be observed next week. Taken as a pair, their historical significance resonates down to this day and age. So does intense debate about the many reasons and ...

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It is very easy to sit in the shade of the modern world—the world that the violent peace of 1945 created—and condemn the sacrifices that needed to be made to bring that world about. When President ...

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...

It's been eight decades since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The attack on Hiroshima was first. On August 6, 1945 -- 80 years ago today -- the crew of the U.S. B-29 ...