in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the ... READ MORE: Photos: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Before and After the Bombs ...
Aerial view of Hiroshima depicts the terrific destructive force of the atomic bomb
In this exclusive adaptation from The Accidental President—a book covering the first four
Stimson then approached President Harry S. Truman about the matter.
the “Little Boy” bomb destroyed Hiroshima, President Truman ordered that a
A second bomb followed three days later over Nagasaki and killed 40,000 more. ... Then-President Harry S. Truman authorized the attack on Hiroshima.
... plans for unleashing its atomic bombs went beyond Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... diplomat that he had “no alternative” but to order a third atomic bomb attack.
President Harry S. Truman, with a radio at hand, reads reports of the first atomic ... president, authorized the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This directive constitutes final authorization for atomic attack; no further orders are issued.
In this respect, Hiroshima and Nagasaki may have been the first shots of the Cold War as