Mr Hilling, who joined the RAF in April 1944 before being transferred to the Army and serving in India in 1945 before his ...

Seeds from a tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester ahead of the 80th anniversary ...

Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her ...

The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed more than 100,000 Japanese civilians, poisoned a generation of survivors and ...

The atomic bombs may have saved "countless" lives, but if Truman had dropped one on a remote island nearby as a demonstration ...

The mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in the world on the 80th anniversary of the US atom bomb ...

This year, the sanitized appeals to peace, hope, and resilience in memory of the catastrophe have become increasingly hollow.

How can we celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, knowing that victory was bought by the dropping of atomic bombs? For ...

Nuclear boffin Alex Wellerstein explained what to expect if you're ever caught in the crossfire of an atomic bomb - and ...

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains a pivotal and controversial event in modern history. Beyond its ...

As the number of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors decreases, Japan's Legacy Successor Programme trains volunteers ...

As numbers of atomic bomb survivors decline, can such deeply personal, traumatic memories truly be passed on to someone who ...