Learning Curve
HEROES & VILLAINS
Truman & the atomic bomb > Why did Truman use it?
Source 2
News of the bomb in The Daily Telegraph newspaper, 7 August 1945
(Telegraph Group Limited (1945), source from The British Library)
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Questions
1. What words would you use to sum up the reaction of this British newspaper to the dropping
of the atomic bomb?
2. Do you think the news was a surprise to the British people?
3. Does this article present an unbiased account of this event? Give reasons for your answer.
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Truman & the atomic bomb > Why did Truman use it?
Source 2a
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/
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Truman & the atomic bomb > Why did Truman use it?
Source 2b
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/heroesvillains/
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