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Atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima, 1945. The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 “razed and burnt around 70 per cent of all buildings”, according to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War? You debate

In 1877, a major rebellion in Kyushu concentrated the opposition of conservative elements to the westernization of Japan. (Photo by Asian Art/Getty Images)

The story of modern Japan

A British officer stands alongside two of his Japanese counterparts in 1914 in Tsingtao (now Qingdao). Japanese troops played a key role in the capture of that strategic German concession in north-east China. (Photo by Getty Images)

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First World War: Beyond the western front

An illustration depicting the Heiji Insurrection of c1159 - one of the first samurai battles. (Photo by Alamy)

A brief history of samurai warfare

With its huge bell and five-storey pagoda, Sensoji Temple is one of Tokyo's most popular –and venerable – landmarks. (Photo by Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

My favourite place: Tokyo, Japan

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Soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division in Okinawa listen to news of Nazi Germany's surrender. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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The battle for Okinawa: one Marine’s story

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The Last Kamikazes

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Silence: the history behind Martin Scorsese’s new film

British soldiers arrive to take part in the battle of France, 1940. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Books interview with Daniel Todman: “Everything that happened in 1940 isn’t somehow down to Winston Churchill”

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Why did the Germans never convince the Japanese to start a serious invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War?

The Japanese city of Hiroshima shortly after the US dropped the atomic bomb

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The Library Should America have dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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Ministry Of Home Defence (Scientific Advisers' Branch), A view of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan on 6 August 1945. (Photo by IWM via Getty Images)

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The science behind the bombing of Hiroshima

Ruins of Hiroshima shortly after the dropping of the atomic bomb. (US Air Force/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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The countdown to Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN: END OF THE WAR/HIROSHIMA PHOTO PACKAGE (FILES) This file photo dated 1948 shows the devastated city of Hiroshima some three years after the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city, 06 August 1945, at the end of World War II. Around 140,000 people, or more than half of Hiroshima's population at the time, died in the first atomic bombing 06 August 1945, with another 70,000 people perishing in the bomb dropped over Nagasaki 09 August 1945. Following the bombings, Japan surrendered 02 September 1945 to Allied forces, officially ending World War II, bringing down the curtain on the costliest conflict in history. The 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima will take place with ceremonies in the Japanese city on 06 August 2005. AFP PHOTO/FILES (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

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In pictures: the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki