Featured Article
Marines from the 24th Marine Regiment during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Iwo Jima: Flags Of Our Fathers (Part 2)

American troops raise the flag—but the battle rages on. James, Al, and McManus unpack the brutal fighting and how Iwo Jima foreshadowed Hiroshima.

Featured Article
80 Years On Arnhem Remembers

Why Arnhem’s WW2 Commemorations Are So Special | Operation Market Garden

Featured Article
Marines from the 24th Marine Regiment during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Iwo Jima: Flags Of Our Fathers (Part 2)

American troops raise the flag—but the battle rages on. James, Al, and McManus unpack the brutal fighting and how Iwo Jima foreshadowed Hiroshima.

The mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, following the detonation of the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on August 9, 1945. The explosion, dropped from a U.S. B-29 Superfortress, reached over 60,000 feet into the air.
WW2 Pod We Have Ways

VJ Day and the Atomic Bomb

Photo: The mushroom cloud over Nagasaki, Japan, following the detonation of the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on August 9, 1945. The explosion, dropped from a U.S. B-29 Superfortress, reached over 60,000 feet into the air. Source:U.S. National Archives, NAID 535795. Public domain under U.S. federal government provisions.

Listen on

VJ Day and the Atomic Bomb

Goalhanger

14 Aug, 2020

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

53 mins

Japan at War

End of WWII

The Atom Bomb

War in the Pacific

Meet the Speakers

James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on
facebook sharing button Share
twitter sharing button Tweet
email sharing button Email
linkedin sharing button Share
whatsapp sharing button Share
arrow_left sharing button
arrow_right sharing button