The manhattan project

How the top-secret Manhattan Project saw the invention of the atomic bomb, which culminated in the end of one war and the beginning of another

Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is dead. As the 80th anniversary of the attacks approaches, Stephen Walker, one of the last writers to interview them, revisits what they told him

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers

Techno-optimists have declared a nuclear renaissance

In recent months, two nuclear-armed states, India and Pakistan, came to the brink of war; and two nuclear-armed states, the United States and Israel, bombed a third country, Iran, with the express aim