However, experience showed that the Japanese did not easily surrender.
The closest thing to such a document is this handwritten order, addressed to
They discussed the post-war order and peace treaty issues.
After President Roosevelt died on April 12th, 1945, it became Harry Truman's job to decide how to end the war. The thought of invading Japan gave Truman and ...
Truman, of course, provided the ultimate authorization for dropping the bomb.
Dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought the war to a
The final target order was drafted by Groves, shown to Truman, approved by Stimson and Gen. George Marshall, chief of staff of the U.S. Army, ...
The order to drop the atomic bomb, July 25, 1945.
Given the secrecy of the mission, he received no updates. At one point
Alex Wellerstein remembers the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, the often