![]() ![]() It was created to destroy and kill on a massive scale. This was no theoretical research project. 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 research and development as well as billions of dollars had contributed to its production. How long would it be, however, before Japan surrendered? Japan was split between surrender or fighting to the end. Japan and the United States both knew it. ![]() Truman Library & Museumīy August, 1945, Japan had lost World War II. Aerial view of Hiroshima depicts the terrific destructive force of the atomic bomb
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