World War II

The BBC Visits the Korean Survivors of the Hiroshima Bomb

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Korean Survivors' Untold Stories from Hiroshima Bombing - Echoes of the Past

The 6th of August, 1945. A day etched in infamy, forever marked by the unleashing of atomic fury upon Hiroshima. While the world remembers the devastating impact on Japan, another poignant and often overlooked narrative lies buried within the ashes: that of the Korean laborers, conscripted and coerced to work for the Japanese empire, caught … Read more

The Atomic Dawn: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the End of World War II

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The Atomic Dawn: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the End of WWII

The year is 1945. The world has been engulfed in the fires of World War II for six long years. In the Pacific, the brutal island-hopping campaign between the United States and Japan has reached a horrifying crescendo. The battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa have shown the American military the fierce, often suicidal, resistance … Read more