Tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. A second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki 3 days later. On August 15, Emperor Hirohito made an unprecedented radio address to the nation to announce Japan's surrender.
The title of this post comes from this editorial. I'm grateful that we had a man of Truman's strength and character in the White House at that time to make the unbelievably difficult - but, in my opinion, undoubtedly correct - decision to drop the bomb to force an immediate end to the war. The editorial explains.
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