As World War II neared its end, Allied commanders prepared for Operation Downfall a massive invasion expected to cause ...

At the beginning of August 1945, few people would have predicted that World War II would be over within a month. Even the small number of Americans who were aware of the Manhattan Project — the secret ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Some... Here’s ...

Operation Downfall would have made Okinawa look like a picnic. “The often-repeated common wisdom holds that there were only 5,500, or at most 7,000, aircraft available and that all of Japan’s best ...

As victory in Europe was secured in May 1945, the war in the Pacific raged on with undiminished ferocity. Facing Japan’s refusal to surrender and the horrifying projections of Operation Downfall, ...