By August, 1945, Japan had lost World War II.
Allied leadership—U.S. president Harry Truman, Soviet premier
Three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing nearly
destroyed Hiroshima, President Truman ordered that a second atomic bomb,
U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered the devastation to proceed, and on
and Tibbets was ordered by LeMay to return to ...
In the 75 years since President Harry Truman ordered atomic bombs to be dropped on two Japanese cities, American attitudes toward that ...
Two days later, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.
President Truman issues the Potsdam Declaration, which warns Japan of "prompt
Truman, after consultations with his advisers, ordered atomic bombs dropped on cities devoted to war work. Two were Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japanese ...