Documents and a sketch of a test explosion. We will also see the president s announcement of the bomb dropping. The Truman Library institute provided this video. What i would like to do tonight is to show you a number of artifacts, photographs, documents related to the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb. I will present them digitally and then well have some questions in the chat box at the end. I hope you enjoyed the presentation. Enjoy the presentation. I will go right in. This is not from july of 1945 but from april shortly after truman became president. Then we will look at some documents from july to see my timeline here. Then we will have another five to finish off. Even some from later into the 60s that connect to this topic. The first information that truman has about the Manhattan Project comes in april just 12 days after he becomes president on april 12. This very famous letter that some of you are very familiar with is when Henry Stimson writes to truman to tell him about th
Weapon in history over hiroshima, japan, followed by a second detonation over the city of nagasaki. Six days later, japan surrendered, bringing an end to the second world war. I have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government. This is a full acceptance as of the potsdam declaration. The Unconditional Surrender of japan. Through the work of cspans cities tour, we will share stories of people who contributed to this world altering event. We begin in new orleans. The National World war ii museum. We are here on the road to tokyo exhibit. That will take us through the war in the pacific from 1941 to 1945. One of the interesting aspects is how quickly the turning point came in. The bombing of pearl harbor was 1941 and about six months later, after the japanese ran wild through the pacific, the battle of midway was fought. At the battle of midway, dive bombers destroyed no fewer than four japanese aircraft carriers in a brief battle. That was a major portion of japans nav
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The most enemies parental walking on the road when the Police Stopped him and told them to come with them. Also coming up tonight the world is waiting for a vaccine against the new coronavirus today russia said it already has one it has not been tried and tested but the russian president says it worked on his daughter. I know this very well because one of my own daughters was given a dose of the vaccine in this sense she took part in the experiment after the 1st vaccination she had a temperature of 38 degree celsius but then it subsided she feels good. And to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the woman who ran for president he was now running for her life on sunday flatline a tea house of sky and was seen as the main challenger in the president ial election in bella ruse she was an english teacher turned political candidate trying to finish what her husband had started now he had been the front runner the man seen as the