1.   And they saw one mounted by the vets, right next to it, showing Japanese atrocities and contending the atomic bombing did indeed end the war.

2.   A second atomic bombing at Nagasaki three days later helped cement the surrender of the Japanese warlords and curtail allied plans to invade the Japanese homeland.

3.   After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a fire was made from the embers and eventually used to create a peace monument.

4.   But debate continues over whether atomic bombings of large civilian populations really were necessary to end the war.

5.   By most estimates more people died in Okinawa than in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

6.   Critics point out that Japanese students barely learn about the atrocities committed by the imperial army, but for balance they hardly learn about the atomic bombing, either.

7.   Fears that the anniversary could rekindle strong emotions were recently aroused when the U.S. Postal Service planned to issue a stamp marking the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan.

8.   Fears the anniversary could rekindle strong emotions were recently aroused when the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to issue a stamp marking the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan.

9.   Hayama, one of dozens of modern kataribe who pass on the oral tradition of the atomic bombings, paused and his jaw tightened.

10.   If the atomic bombings were not dictated by military necessity, why did they go forward?