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On two days in August 1945, U.S. planes dropped two atomic bombs, one on Hiroshima, another on Nagasaki, leading to the unconditional surrender of Japan and the end of World War II

“Mother and child in Hiroshima, Japan, December 1945. Photo: Eisenstaedt http://t.co/RE9ZiAiI3y”

Australia is showing a distinct lack of fortitude on the issue of nuclear proliferation, writes Gem Romuld, from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. It’s easy for Foreign Minister Julie Bishop MP to espouse commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons. Any government can proclaim their sincere desire for a world free ofMore

The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today.

During World War II, largely destroyed Hiroshima, a modern city on Japan's Honshu Island. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park honours the 1945 incident today. One ...