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
Said pretty definitively the atomic bombs wordwrap to end the war quickly and they did and the war quickly. Was this the correct decision to make . Did they end the war . The short answer is yes and yes. The ware dropped to end quickly, to save lives, both american and japanese. What we have to get right at the start is to understand the context. There are two basic principles. We have to count the dead and we have to treat the dead as having a common humanity and that means the japanese as well. The asiapacific war resulted in the death of 19 million noncombatants. And all of that number, the number of japanese noncombatants died was maybe one million, 1. 2 million. More than that were due to the soviet invasion in 1945. That tells you immediately that for every japanese noncombatants who died in the whole war between 17 and 18 other noncombatants died. There were other agents and about 12 million of them are chinese. And most of those noncombatants who were not japanese were already
Democratic congressional leaders and the white house failed to reach an agreement on friday, so President Trump signed executive orders for Coronavirus Relief, including a payroll tax holiday, student loan deferments, eviction protections and Unemployment Benefits. From the Trump National golf club in bedminster, new jersey, this is half an hour. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, donald j. Trump. Plays]to the chief President Trump thank you very much. Already my administration has enacted over three chilling dollars in historic relief, shaving tens of millions of dollars in jobs, and you see how fast the economy is coming back. It doesnt look like it will be a sharp the v. We have tremendous enthusiasm, spirit and job growth. We set a record on number of jobs in the last three months. The most jobs ever created in a three month period, that is great. Before we begin, i just signed two bills that are great for our veterans. They are very special. We passed vetera
Of these, 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. The desolate remains were aptly described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature one of her innermost secrets. And with his newfound knowledge he had fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications of this extraordinary weapon were frightening to everyday people. What did you think of that japs,as dropped on the mrs. Glenn . Terrible. All of those people killed. Three days later, another b29 dropped an improved bomb on the seaport of nagasaki. A highly congested industrialized city boasting the best natural harbor in western kyushu. And extensive naval facilities. [explosion] this bomb, exploding over the north factory district, took the lives of 42,000 persons. And injured 40,000 more. It destroyed 39 of all of the buildings in nagasaki before the calamity. The japanese described their mutilated city as a graveyard, with not a tombstone standi