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Desperate members of his closest cir
At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare
Senkichi Awaya was sitting in his dining room at the mayor’s residence in Hiroshima as the clocked ticked round to 8.15am on 6 August 1945. His teenage son Shinobu, and granddaughter Ayako, refugees f
V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers
Almost exactly 80 years ago, the world’s first atomic test explosion shattered the quiet of a New Mexico morning. A few weeks later, and in the space of a few days, nuclear weapons were dropped on Hir
How Whitehall and Westminster planned for a new world order
In the final month of WWII, the Red Army launched a devastating strike into Manchuria, opening a new front with Japan and threatening invasion of the Home Islands