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Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History The legacy of Harry Truman: 4 of 11

"A warm wind began to blow. Here and there in the distance I saw many small fires, like elf-fires, smoldering. Nagasaki had been completely destroyed." Yosuke Yamahata, photographer. On August 6th, 1945, the bombing of Hiroshima took place by the order of President Harry S. Truman, who later that day informed the nation of the bomb which would end the war. Untold numbers died instantly in the attack Two days later, August 8th, the United States Air Force showered Japan with leaflets, which stated: "We are in possession of the most destructive explosive ever devised by man. A single one of ...
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