This collection focuses on the decision to drop the atomic bomb. It includes 76 documents totaling 632 pages covering the years 1945 through 1964. Supporting materials include an online version of “Truman and the Bomb: A Documentary History,” edited by Robert H. Ferrell.
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Documents
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Teacher Lesson Plans
Photographs
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View of the Mitsubishi Torpedo Plant in Nagasaki, following the atomic bomb explosion
98-2463
Truman's handwriting on the back of a Potsdam photograph describing telling Stalin about the atomic bomb
63-1456-46A
President Truman greeting Prime Minister Clement Attlee at the White House
98-38
Unidentified Members of the Harry S. Truman Appreciation Society at Truman Library
2008-203
President Harry S. Truman Signing an Executive Order with Members of the Atomic Energy Commission
64-157
View of Hiroshima Showing Early Construction of ABCC on Hijiyama Hill
2023-428
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Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall Destroyed by the Atomic Bomb
2023-507
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