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Second World War

09.August 2025 Martin Muno (DW)

Nagasaki, Eighty Years Later: Debunking the Myth of the Bomb That Ended the War

Nagasaki, a city in western Japan, was razed to the ground on August 9, 1945, when the US dropped a plutonium-239 isotope bomb weighing about five tons, nicknamed "The Fat Man." For decades, the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki was considered the event that ended World War II. Is it really so?

Atomic bombs

06.August 2025 Julian Rial / DW

Hiroshima 80 years later: Children speak for the dead

Eighty years ago today, Hiroshima became a symbol of the most horrific destruction ever wrought by mankind. As the number of survivors dwindles, 12-year-old Shun Sasaki, the great-grandson of the woman who survived the explosion, tells visitors from around the world a story of war, suffering and hope. His mission: to never be forgotten

"Vremena" file: Nobel Peace Prize to Hiroshima victims and the risk of atomic Armageddon

23.October 2024 Milan Milošević

The appeal of the last hibakusha that no one can hear

Has the 1945 nuclear taboo faded? The countries with the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, the USA and Russia, are effectively clashing in Ukraine; Russia Changes Military Doctrine, and US Council on Foreign Relations Plays Out Scenarios in Case Russians Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons; Iran is edging closer to nuclear weapons, while there is speculation that Israel may attack Iran's nuclear facilities…