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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

One humid Japanese summer day. One bomb. 8:15 am. 135,000 casualties. 66,000 dead (including 38,000 children). 69,000 injured. Three days after, World War II ended. Eighty years later, we commemorate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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"Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who are thrust into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term ...