it would cause might be enough for the Japanese to stop fighting and surrender. ... Truman ordered that a second atomic bomb, called “Fat Man”, be dropped on ...
Japan was split between surrender or fighting to the end.
During that time, the question of how the next atomic bomb would be used was a real one.
He could only hope that it would serve its purpose: to end the war, to save lives. ... He had orders as to the first bomb's primary target: Hiroshima.
Stories of those who built the bomb, those who used it and those who survived it ... President Harry Truman ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on two
Although Stalin did not appear to be impressed by the news, Truman hoped the
The order to drop the atomic bomb, July 25, 1945.
Truman viewed use of nuclear weapons as 'tragic,' but necessary to end war quickly.
Not to End the War, But Truman Wanted To Intimidate Russia
Truman, after consultations with his advisers, ordered atomic bombs dropped on ... almost unspoken acceptance on the part of everyone that whatever had to be ...