On June 23, 1944, the Japanese submarine I-52 sailed through the mid-Atlantic with a mission that could shift the tides of ...

It covers significant events such as his leadership during World War II, the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his decisive actions during domestic crises, and his foreign policy ...

When the United States dropped an atomic bomb on ... but their fate has been drawing increased attention in the run-up to the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. NHK traced the journeys ...

As part of the Manhattan Project, Los Alamos — both its very existence and the work that went on there — was kept from Americans during World War II. Many of the thousands of scientists on the ...

At the end of World War II, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The ensuing fires in the cities blew huge amounts of radioactive material and soot into the air, causing so-called ...

That number includes as many as 100,000 civilians, 110,000 Japanese troops and Okinawa conscripts, and more than 12,000 American and allied troops, according to the National World War II Museum in ...

The education ministry on Nov. 28 announced the 1,532 photos and two videos taken between Aug. 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb was dropped ... movies during World War II, and another taken during ...

As World War II raged ... as Chicago Pile-1. On Dec. 2, 1942, the reactor achieved criticality. The project then moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where just two-and-a-half years later, the first test ...