COMMENTARY: The intentional taking of an innocent life is always gravely wrong — in war or in peace — and Hiroshima forces us ...

On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima became the first target of an atomic bomb in human history. In a single instant, a thriving city was reduced to ruins, and tens of thousands of lives were lost ...

Eighty years ago, in August 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated by the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. By the end of that year, approximately 140,000 people had ...

In this aerial footage, viewers witness the devastating aftermath of American bombing raids on Japan during World War II. The images capture the widespread destruction in cities such as Hiroshima, ...

Winter 1945 -- Two cities -- Feuersturm -- President -- Atom -- The Manhattan Project -- Spring 1945 -- The Target Committee -- Japan defeated -- Unconditional ...

Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and three ...

A blinding light like thousands of strobe lights — that's how Toshiko Tanaka described the morning, 80 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On Aug. 6, 1945, the ...