Atomic Bombings
Briefing
On 6 and 9 August 1945 atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing well over 150,000 people by the end of the year — the only use of nuclear weapons in war. Japan announced its surrender on 15 August, ending the Second World War.
Books Covering This Event (10)
Popular History
Six survivors of the atomic bombing tell their stories, from the moment of detonation through the aftermath.
The last weeks of the Pacific war — the bombs, the Soviet invasion, the coup attempt to stop the surrender broadcast.
From the discovery of the neutron to Nagasaki — the complete story of the weapon that ended the war.
The brutal final year of the Pacific War, from the Philippines to the atomic bombings.
The young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who enriched the uranium for Hiroshima without knowing what they were making.
America's war of annihilation in the Pacific, 1944-45 — Saipan, the Marianas Turkey Shoot, and the road to the bomb.
The final volume of the Pacific War Trilogy: Leyte Gulf, the kamikazes, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the bomb.
