A mother and child sit on the ground in Hiroshima, Japan, in December 1945. On August 6, some four months previously, the United States had dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Three days later a second one was dropped on Nagasaki. (Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt / The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
79 years ago this week, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In commemoration, this edition of the Bulletin's newsletter is dedicated to articles, new and archival, that reflect upon the attacks.
