German Event Marks 80 Years since Truman Ordered A&Bomb Attacks

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Potsdam, Germany, July 25 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony for victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II was held in the eastern German city of Potsdam on Friday, the 80th anniversary of then U.S. President Harry Truman ordering the atomic bomb attacks. The ceremony took place in the Hiroshima-Nagasaki square, located in front of…

Potsdam, Germany, July 25 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony for victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the closing days of World War II was held in the eastern German city of Potsdam on Friday, the 80th anniversary of then U.S. President Harry Truman ordering the atomic bomb attacks. The ceremony took place in the Hiroshima-Nagasaki square, located in front of…