World War II would end, and the Cold War soon begin. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later-was that rare historical moment that requires little hindsight to gain its significance. The decision by the United States to drop the world’s first atomic weapons on two Japanese cities-Hiroshima first, on Aug. When the nuclear age began, there was no mistaking it. Photographs by HARUKA SAKAGUCHI | Introduction By LILY ROTHMAN
Survivors of the Atomic Blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki share their stories
