On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan to force the unconditional surrender that ...

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...

Remembrances in Japan, the United States and elsewhere this week mark the only use of atomic weapons in military conflict and ...

Key Points and Summary – Eighty years ago this week, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, forcing the end of ...

In 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later an atomic bomb hit ...

I was 13 years old on Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. We lived less than two ...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.

As they fly wing-to-wing over a vital spot in the development of the atomic bomb, a native of Japan and a former U.S.

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.

"This statue survived the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima 80 years ago. It was August 6th at 8.15 in the morning ...

First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective ...