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Hiroshima Day 2025: Date, History, Significance And Impact Of Nuclear Bombings
Hiroshima Day is observed annually on August 6 to commemorate the victims of the world's first nuclear attack.
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When The US Bombed This Japanese City 12 Hours Before WWII Ended
World War II was hours from ending when the sky over Japan's Kumagaya turned orange. In one corner of the city, a woman gave birth.
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In US Shocker, Senator Suggests Israel Should Be Allowed To Nuke Gaza
Comparing the Israel-Hamas war with World War II, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that the US dropping nuclear bombs on Japan to end the war was the "right decision" and Israel should also be given the bombs "they need" to end the war.
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1,000-Pound Bomb Dating Back To World War II Found Near US Airport
A Mark 65 military ordnance weighing 1,000 pounds was discovered on the premises of Brooksville Tampa Bay Regional Airport.
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Using Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine "Makes No Sense At All To Us": Vladimir Putin
The world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday, presenting the Ukraine conflict as part of a wider struggle against western domination.
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Hiroshima Day: "Free The World Of Nuclear Weapons," Says UN Chief
Hiroshima Day: On August 6, 75 years ago the world changed - a US warplane dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan killing 1,40,000 people. At 8:15 am, on the ill-fated day, a US B-29 warplane, Enola Gay, dropped a bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" and destroyed the city and its people.
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WWII American Bomb, Found At Construction Site In Berlin, Defused
A 100-kilogramme US World War II bomb was defused overnight near Berlin's central hub of Alexanderplatz, police said Saturday.
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Two World War II Aircraft Missing For 70 Years Found Under Water
During World War II, some 10,000 B-25 bombers were deployed to conduct a variety of missions such as bombing, submarine patrols, and even the historic raid over Tokyo in April 1942. Many of them went down in the oceans across the world. Present-day Papua New Guinea was the site of military action in the Pacific Ocean from January 1942 to the end of...
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US Bomb From World War II Defused At German Airport
An American bomb dropped during World War II has been defused at the airport in the northern German city of Hannover in an operation that forced dozens of flights to be diverted.
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Barack Obama To Visit Hiroshima, Will Not Apologise For World War II Bombing
Barack Obama will become the first US president to visit Hiroshima in Japan later this month, but he will not apologise for the United States' dropping of an atomic bomb on the city at the end of World War Two, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Barack Obama Considering Visit To Hiroshima: Official
The White House is considering a possible visit by President Barack Obama to Hiroshima, the Japanese city devastated in history's first atomic bombing at the close of World War II, a US official told AFP.
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Italy Closes Route Over Brenner Mountain Pass To Defuse World War II Bomb
An unexploded bomb dropped from a US airplane during World War Two will halt car and train transportation south of the Brenner Pass on the Austrian-Italian border today morning as explosives units defuse and dispose of the device.
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Japan Marks 70th Anniversary of Tokyo Fire Bombing
Japan today marked the 70th anniversary of the firebombing of Tokyo by US forces, a night that left an estimated 100,000 people dead in one of the bloodiest episodes of World War II.
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Germany Marks 70 Years Since Dresden's World War II Bombing
German President Joachim Gauck warned Friday against a cult of victimhood over the World War II destruction of the city of Dresden 70 years ago.
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Ex-US Prisoners Of War Visit Japan, Recall Horrors of War
The prisoners of war held in Tokyo's Omori POW camp saw some of the most horrific destruction during the last months of World War II, as American B-29 bombers dropped incendiary bombs that obliterated much of the city.
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Hiroshima Day 2025: Date, History, Significance And Impact Of Nuclear Bombings
Hiroshima Day is observed annually on August 6 to commemorate the victims of the world's first nuclear attack.
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When The US Bombed This Japanese City 12 Hours Before WWII Ended
World War II was hours from ending when the sky over Japan's Kumagaya turned orange. In one corner of the city, a woman gave birth.
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In US Shocker, Senator Suggests Israel Should Be Allowed To Nuke Gaza
Comparing the Israel-Hamas war with World War II, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that the US dropping nuclear bombs on Japan to end the war was the "right decision" and Israel should also be given the bombs "they need" to end the war.
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1,000-Pound Bomb Dating Back To World War II Found Near US Airport
A Mark 65 military ordnance weighing 1,000 pounds was discovered on the premises of Brooksville Tampa Bay Regional Airport.
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Using Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine "Makes No Sense At All To Us": Vladimir Putin
The world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday, presenting the Ukraine conflict as part of a wider struggle against western domination.
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Hiroshima Day: "Free The World Of Nuclear Weapons," Says UN Chief
Hiroshima Day: On August 6, 75 years ago the world changed - a US warplane dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan killing 1,40,000 people. At 8:15 am, on the ill-fated day, a US B-29 warplane, Enola Gay, dropped a bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" and destroyed the city and its people.
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WWII American Bomb, Found At Construction Site In Berlin, Defused
A 100-kilogramme US World War II bomb was defused overnight near Berlin's central hub of Alexanderplatz, police said Saturday.
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Two World War II Aircraft Missing For 70 Years Found Under Water
During World War II, some 10,000 B-25 bombers were deployed to conduct a variety of missions such as bombing, submarine patrols, and even the historic raid over Tokyo in April 1942. Many of them went down in the oceans across the world. Present-day Papua New Guinea was the site of military action in the Pacific Ocean from January 1942 to the end of...
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US Bomb From World War II Defused At German Airport
An American bomb dropped during World War II has been defused at the airport in the northern German city of Hannover in an operation that forced dozens of flights to be diverted.
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Barack Obama To Visit Hiroshima, Will Not Apologise For World War II Bombing
Barack Obama will become the first US president to visit Hiroshima in Japan later this month, but he will not apologise for the United States' dropping of an atomic bomb on the city at the end of World War Two, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Barack Obama Considering Visit To Hiroshima: Official
The White House is considering a possible visit by President Barack Obama to Hiroshima, the Japanese city devastated in history's first atomic bombing at the close of World War II, a US official told AFP.
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Italy Closes Route Over Brenner Mountain Pass To Defuse World War II Bomb
An unexploded bomb dropped from a US airplane during World War Two will halt car and train transportation south of the Brenner Pass on the Austrian-Italian border today morning as explosives units defuse and dispose of the device.
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Japan Marks 70th Anniversary of Tokyo Fire Bombing
Japan today marked the 70th anniversary of the firebombing of Tokyo by US forces, a night that left an estimated 100,000 people dead in one of the bloodiest episodes of World War II.
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Germany Marks 70 Years Since Dresden's World War II Bombing
German President Joachim Gauck warned Friday against a cult of victimhood over the World War II destruction of the city of Dresden 70 years ago.
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Ex-US Prisoners Of War Visit Japan, Recall Horrors of War
The prisoners of war held in Tokyo's Omori POW camp saw some of the most horrific destruction during the last months of World War II, as American B-29 bombers dropped incendiary bombs that obliterated much of the city.
