75 Years On: Remembering Hiroshima

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On 6 and 9 August 1945, the US military bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki using a weapon of unprecedented destructive capability, the atom bomb. These bombings marked the beginning of the nuclear age and remain the only use of a nuclear weapon in an active conf ...  Show more

The decision by the United States to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 remains one of the most controversial moments in modern history. Did the atomic bombs force Japan's surrender in the Second World War? Or is this far too simple a narrati ...  Show more

Over the past few years, much has been written and created around Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, but little attention is paid to those whose lives were ended or forever changed when the bombs dropped in Japan.

In this episode, we delve into the experiences of the < ...  Show more

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we will discuss the event that forever altered the course of the world: the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. This tragic episode represents a turning point in the history of World War II and humanity as a whole. https://patreon.com/Hist ...  Show more