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Descendants of atomic bomb plane crewman and double survivor team up to abolish nuclear weapons
When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Ari Beser’s grandfather was onboard both of the ...
The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb
First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective ...
World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...
Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
The number of survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dwindling 80 years later, but they are ...
Today in Chicago History: City’s role in development of atomic bomb revealed
Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Atomic Age is born at the University of Chicago’s football stadium “Five thousand scientists, ...
Filmmakers, San Francisco Japantown museum reflect on 80-years since first atomic bomb
This summer, the NJAHS resurrected an exhibit from 30 years ago to remember the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic ...
The grandchildren of 2 men who experienced both A-bomb attacks 80 years ago now work for peace
When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Ari Beser’s grandfather was on board both of the ...
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Nichols: 'The atomic bomb did not win the war; it ended it'
Nichols: “The most important military effect was that it required only two atomic bombs to end the war. The Planned invasion ...