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After Japanese leaders flatly rejected the Potsdam Declaration, President Truman authorized use of the atomic bomb anytime after August 3, 1945. On the clear morning of August 6, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, was dropped on the city of Hiroshima.
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www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/abomb.htm
www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/abomb.htm
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At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more Most people who were alive at the...
http://www.essortment.com/all/presidenttruman_rywp.htm
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Truman and the bomb.(President Harry S. Truman and the atomic bomb)(Cover Story) ... find History Today articles. Harry S. Truman had been President of the United States for less than two weeks on April 25th, 1945, when Secre... ... Harry S. Truman had been President of the United States for less than two weeks on April 25th,
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www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17198983.html
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Harry Truman on Dropping the Atomic Bomb ... Although the world celebrated the end of the war, there was also intense debate about the use of the atomic bomb to bring it to a conclusion. In July of 1963, Irv Kupcinet of the Chicago Sun Times wrote a favorable column on Truman and his decision, and Truman wrote the...
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www.rjgeib.com/heroes/truman/truman-atom-bomb.html
www.rjgeib.com/heroes/truman/truman-atom-bomb.html
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After Germany surrendered, Szilard attempted to meet with President Truman. Instead, he was given an appointment with Truman's Sec. of State to be, James Byrnes. In that meeting of May 28, 1945, Szilard told Byrnes that the atomic bomb should not be used on Japan.
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home.att.net/~betsynewmark3/DebateonBomb.htm
home.att.net/~betsynewmark3/DebateonBomb.htm
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This is an American West history course, focusing on American Western Studies. ... 5. Why did Truman use the atomic bomb on Japan when he wrote in his diary that Japan would surrender as soon as the Soviet Union entered the war? Why didn't he wait for the Soviets to enter the war?
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www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/atomic.htm
www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/2010/atomic.htm
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Emphasis has been added to highlight Truman's apparent belief that he had ordered the bomb dropped on a "purely military" target, so that "military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children." ... UP to Atomic Bomb: Decision; UP to Leo Szilard Online;
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www.dannen.com/decision/hst-jl25.html
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The Decision to Risk the Future: Harry Truman, the Atomic Bomb and the Apocalyptic Narrative; by Peter J. Kuznick ... Truman did not learn of the atomic bomb project until Stimson told him, following the April 12 emergency Cabinet meeting, that the U.S. was working on “a new explosive of almost unbelievable...
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www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2007/07/23_decision_to_ris...
www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2007/07/23_decision_to_risk.htm
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Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima. ... To see the Harry S. Truman Library papers on the atomic bomb, click Truman A-bomb Documents...
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www.doug-long.com/truman.htm
www.doug-long.com/truman.htm
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