World War II

  • The US War Department's Archival Footage of the Bombing of Hiroshima

    When Barack Obama travels to Hiroshima on May 27, he will be the first sitting US President to visit the site of one of two instances in human history where a nuclear weapon was used. Over 70 years have passed, but the reverberation from the "rain of ruin" unleashed on August 6, 1945 remains....

    May 12, 2016 - By Will Lowry