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its a common misconception that truman orderd the bombs droped on the japs and this couldnt be further from the truth. FDR didnt even think enough of truman to tell him about the bomb and the weapons were under milatary control. the weapons were to be used no matter what. the milatary simply kept the pres. informed as to the progress of the project. truman was either in potsdam or on his way home during the atack on hiroshima.
as to the soviets and chinese we droped those bombs on japan as a proof of our tech. and resolve to use such weapons in the future. niether cuontry had the capability to produce suficant weapons at the time of the korean war to pose any real threat to the us. the unending talk of invasion at the time stemed from milatary leaders who had no clue that the bomb even existed. and who may have felt that thier importance would have been surplanted by this new superweapon
Last edited by stereocuuple; 07-30-2009 at 08:52 PM.
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