However, experience showed that the Japanese did not easily surrender
He had orders as to the first bomb's primary target: Hiroshima. According to intelligence
For Truman, the choice whether or not to use the atomic bomb was the most difficult
Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to ...
'He felt he had to do it': Truman's grandson on bombing Hiroshima
Dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought the war to a quick end. ... should have brought an immediate Japanese surrender, but it did not.
At 8:15 am Hiroshima time, “Little Boy” was dropped. The result was approximately 80,000 deaths in just the first few minutes. Thousands died later from radiation ...
Excerpts were shown from remarks by President Truman announcing the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. President Truman ...
“All the atomic bomb was,” said Truman, “was a big bomb to end the war. And it did end it too!” I told him I had always had visions of the US ...
Although some thought it necessary to keep Hirohito on the throne in order to ...