Eighty Years After the Atomic Bombs

With unconscionable carnage and up to 85M deaths, the Second World War was the greatest catastrophe in history. In a sense, the atomic bombs were an apt climax to that orgy of butchery.

Enola Gay flying away from the atomic blast over Hiroshima (Getty Images)

Atlanta, GA

August 6, 2025

“It will not be long before we are reduced to savagery. We are the barbarians within our own empire.”

—Russell Kirk

Eighty years ago, the U.S. government committed one of the awful acts in human history. Three days later, it did it again.

Harry Truman insisted…