Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan by Richard Overy
Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is published to mark the 80th anniversary of the terrible events of that time.
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‘Eerie’ sky, charred bodies: WWII survivors recall 1945 Tokyo firebombing that killed 100,000 — so why is it overshadowed by Hiroshima?
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into
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'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo WWII firestorm
On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into a wasteland. Nishio, now about to turn 86, was one of the lucky ones.
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The Tokyo air raid
Alexis Dudden on the firebombing of Tokyo and on post-war struggles to keep it remembered
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'Eerie' sky, charred bodies: 80 years since Tokyo's World War II firestorm
Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.
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Hiroshima court rejects request for Ikata reactor injunction
The Hiroshima District Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the operation of the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture.