When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - In an effort to end World War II, the United States made an irreversible decision, changing the course of history: dropping the world’s first atomic bombs. On Aug. 6 and Aug ...
Bombshell explores how the U.S. manipulated the narrative about the impact of the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how a group of journalists pushed back. An in-depth look at the efforts of ...
Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...
Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay was about to change the world. Approximately a ...
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. That first-ever use of an atomic weapon killed an estimated 140,000 people in all, most of whom were civilians. Three ...