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This counterculture author’s path to esteemed military historian is “like a headscratcher,” he says. His book about Truman and the atomic bomb comes out this week.
The Operations Room created a chilling animation documenting how atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Hoping to prevent the need for the invasion of mainland Japan, known as Operation Downfall, President Truman orders the use of a new, fearsome weapon that will change warfare forever. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are in grave danger.
With Hitler defeated, the Soviet Union steered its efforts eastward for the final phase of the Pacific war.
