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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held a virtual summit with the prime ministers of India, Australia, and Japan. This was the first multilateral summit the president had…

In this National World War II Museum oral history recorded in 2016, Army veteran Ben Bederson talked about his assignment to the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos and working on the ignition…

The December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor remains a “day that will live in infamy” to most Americans, but less well known is the devastating air attack just hours later on U.S.…

Hoover Institution fellow Michael Auslin talked about the geopolitical rivalry between countries in the Indo-Pacific region of the world (China, Japan, India, North Korea).

This documentary looks at the August 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, through the stories of several survivors. The film also features a young family in Hiroshima, born after…

Education director Mark Adams showed items in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum collection that tell the story of President Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs, including…

Fox News' Chris Wallace provided a history of the lead-up to the bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945. This was a virtual event hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi…

On September 2, 1945, government and military officials from the Empire of Japan signed surrender documents aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing the Pacific War and World…

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a discussion on U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific region. The panel discussed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent trip to…

On September 2, 1945, government and military officials from the Empire of Japan signed surrender documents in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing the Pacific War…

This U.S. Army film documents efforts in post-World War II Japan to dismantle the nation’s war machine, establish peaceful government, and rebuild its infrastructure and economy. In…

August 9 marks 75 years since the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan, devastating the city of Nagasaki three days after the first attack on Hiroshima. Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s…

World War II Army veteran Eugene DiSabatino talked about his assignment to the Manhattan Project, which included being stationed at Los Alamos and accompanying the second bomb to Japan.…

On July 30, 1945, two Japanese torpedoes sunk the USS Indianapolis in shark-infested waters. The crew had just delivered atomic bomb parts to Tinian island for the weapon that would be used on…

Michael Neiberg -- war studies chair at the U.S. Army War College -- talked about the personalities and stakes involved at the 1945 Potsdam Conference convened near the end of World War II. President Truman had…

Peter Kuznick gave a tour of an exhibit marking the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In cooperation with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki…

Living in Hiroshima, Japan, in the summer of 1962, American Betty Jean Lifton was inspired to make this film after learning that cancer from radiation continued to affect atomic bomb survivors…

Author and historian Greg Mitchell discussed a collection of films from the U.S. National Archives documenting the aftermath of the atomic bombs of August, 1945. Some of the films were shot…

The National World War II Museum hosted an online discussion on the development and use of the atomic bomb by the United States. Participants included President Truman’s grandson Clifton…

The Last Bomb is a 1945 War Department film documenting the final months of the B-29 super fortress air campaign against Japan. It concludes with the August 1945 atomic bombings of…