Upon becoming president, Harry Truman learned of the Manhattan Project, a secret scientific effort to create an atomic bomb. After a successful test of the weapon, Truman issued the …

In mid-July, President Harry S Truman was notified of the successful test of the atomic bomb, what he called “the most terrible bomb in the history of the world.” Thousands of hours of …

During World War I, Truman commanded a battery of close-support 75mm artillery pieces in France and personally witnessed the human costs of intense front-line combat. After returning …

President Truman reports on the United States’ use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, as an alternative to a land invasion to defeat Japan in World War II. In the address, the President …

In recent years historians and policy analysts have questioned President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. For President Truman, the decision was a clear-cut one. In …

On August 9, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, where 80,000 Japanese people perished. On August 14, 1945, the Japanese surrendered. Critics have charged that Truman's …

This collection focuses on the decision to use the atomic bombs to end World War II with Japan. It includes documents and photographs covering the years 1945 through 1964.

President Harry Truman issued this statement after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. His statement unveiled the top secret Manhattan Project and portrays it as an …

The Enola Gay was one of 15 B-29 designed specifically for the transport atomic bombs. On the morning of August 6, Tibbets and his crew of 12 took off from Tinian in the Mariana Islands in …

2021年6月7日 · The United States bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945, were the first instances of atomic bombs used against …