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80 Years of Lies: The US Finally Admits It Knew It Didn’t Need to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.S. admitted it knew Japan was on the verge of surrender, as American generals and war planners agreed Japan was defeated and negotiating peace.
  • President Truman's decision to use atomic bombs on Japan was criticized, with claims that the bombs were unnecessary and primarily used to demonstrate power against the Soviet Union.
  • After the bombings, historical reports indicated Japan would have surrendered without the use of atomic weapons, as concluded by the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey.
  • Current global tensions mirror past nuclear confrontations, with conflicts involving the U.S. and Iran, as well as Ukraine escalating the threat of nuclear war.
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As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world is on the verge of another nuclear confrontation as it had not been in decades.With Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear power facilities, India and Pakistan going to war in May and escalating violence between Russia and the forces backed by NATO in Ukraine, the shadow of another nuclear war hovers over daily life. Eighty years of lies The U.…

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At 8:15 a.m., Ypres and Bruges commemorated the attack on Hiroshima, Japan. Exactly 80 years ago, the Americans dropped the first atomic bomb in history on that Japanese city. The nuclear attack instantly killed 80,000 people. Three days later, another attack on Nagasaki followed. Ypres, the City of Peace, took the initiative to commemorate the attacks in as many locations as possible in Flanders.

·Antwerp, Belgium
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vrt broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
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