Stars and Stripes

Americans planned a massive invasion of Japan for November 1945. But it didn’t happen.

More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...
KTVU

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years after the atomic bomb, the world still grapples with the fallout

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...
Dark Docs Official on MSN

The Mystery of the Other Atomic Bomb

The way a war was fought changed forever in August of 1945 when the United States detonated the world's first atomic bombs on ...
Mercury News

80th anniversary: A look at the memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Eighty years ago this week, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, another fell on the city of Nagasaki. Between 120,000 and 220,000 people died in the ...
NBC DFW

80 years later, Hiroshima bombing survivors warn of rising nuclear threat

Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders ...

Sister Cities: Atomic bomb survivor’s journey from revenge to forgiveness

Koko Kondo was just 8 months old when an American B-29 aircraft named the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on her hometown of ...
KHON2

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima reaches 80th anniversary, honorary citizenship for mayor

HONOLULU (KHON2) — As part of an annual memorial ceremony, thousands gathered at the Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan on Aug. 6 to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Mayor Rick Blangiardi ...