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Truman and the Atomic Bomb
Title: Truman and the Atomic Bomb
Category: History
Details: Words: 382 | Pages: 1.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Truman and the Atomic Bomb
Truman’s Decision to Drop the Atom Bomb
President Truman had the task of deciding how to end the war in the Pacific. He had a great number of advisors but ultimately the decision to drop an atomic bomb was up to him. He had many alternatives that were presented to him. There may have been other alternatives as well.
President Roosevelt began a secret project (Manhattan Project) and then died in April 1945, just as …showed first 75 words of 382 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 382 total…bomb could be accessed. “Little Boy,” with uranium, was dropped first. “Fat Boy,” was dropped second.
So you see, the decision to drop an atomic bomb (s) on Japan was ultimately up to Truman. Maybe if Japan had been so stubborn, we would not have had to use it, but that is not the way it turned out. They were going to fight the end, and we needed to end the war, so we did.
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