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Why were atomic weapons dropped on Japan?
RANA MITTER
Eighty years after atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, the resurrection of one of its cities remains remarkable
Since 1940 Japan had been devoid of civilian politicians as the parties had been dissolved by the militaristic Imperial Rule Assistance Association, led by Lt General Hideki Tojo. Over the intervening
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
“He came, he bombed, he ended the war.” ...
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
IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DISCERN THROUGH the black clouds billowing from bomb craters in Tehran, but Iran has spent most of the 21st century as the region’s rising power. Until recently, things had re
