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World War II

WWII letter contains parallels with Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians

By Robert K. Elder | Analysis

Japanese military leaders aboard the USS Missouri

What Europeans believe about Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and why it matters

By Benoît Pelopidas, Kjølv Egeland | Analysis, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Risk

In their own words: Trinity at 75

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Weapons

A cross taken from a Nagasaki cathedral after the atomic bombing gets returned 74 years later

By Matt Field | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons

Operation Epsilon, a 2013 play performed at Boston’s Central Square Theater, is based on conversations among Germany’s top nuclear scientists while under surveillance by the Allies at an estate in England. Credit: A. R. Sinclair Photography

Scientific blinders: Learning from the moral failings of Nazi physicists

By Talia Weiss | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow