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The impact and role of Harry Truman
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While the major world democracies –
Britain, France and the United Stateswere distracted by economic
problems of the 1930s, Germany,
Italy and Japan plotted to increase
their military and world power.
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Powers had aligned for the greatest
and most devastating wars, World
War II
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The Axis powers led by Germany,
Italy and later Japan versus The Allies
led by Britain and France
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The battles waged on and the
sleeping giant was awoken…
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On the morning of December 7,
1941, Japan attacks the US fleet at
Pearl Harbor and pulls the US into
World War II.
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President Franklin Roosevelt signs
the declaration of war on Japan.
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How will this massive war end?
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America had a secret weapon that
had been in development prior to the
start of the war…
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On the eve of World War II, scientists
in Germany succeeded in splitting
the nucleus of the uranium atom,
releasing a huge amount of energy.
Albert Einstein wrote to President
Franklin Roosevelt and warned him
that Nazi Germany might be working
to develop atomic weapons.
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Roosevelt responded by giving his
approval for an American program,
later code-named the Manhattan
Project, to develop an atomic bomb.
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Roosevelt’s decision set off a race to
ensure that the United States would
be the first to develop the bomb.
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But then during the war, tragedy
struck America again…
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Vice President Harry Truman takes
the Presidential Oath and is sworn in
as the next America President.
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With little knowledge of the
magnitude of the atomic bomb,
Truman had a no-nonsense approach
to the atomic bomb.
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Three days later a second bomb was
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The bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki led to the surrender of the
final force in World War II. Japan
signed surrender papers onboard the
USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on
September, 2, 1945.
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The impact of the atomic bomb not
only ended World War II but also led
to the US post war position in the
world.
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James Byrnes stated to President
Truman prior to the decision to use
the bomb, that “the bomb would
put the US in a position to dictate our
own terms at the end of the war.”
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He was correct.