American airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. The japanese began the war from the air at pearl harbor. They have been repaid many fold. And the end is not yet. With this bomb, we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction so supplement the growing power of our armed forces in their presence forum these bombs are now in production and even more powerful arms are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the far east. We are now prepared to destroy more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the japanese have in any city. We shall destroy their docks, theyre factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake, we shall completely destroy japans power to make war. It was to spare the japanese people from utter de
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First is paul sparrow who is director of the franklin d. Roosevelt president ial museum and library in hyde park, new york, following a career as a documentary filmmaker and a Senior Executive at the museum and paul has been directioning the Roosevelt Library museum since 2015 and heel ll be talk about fdr and the Manhattan Project and our second guest is Clifton Daniel who is the eldest grandson of president harry truman. He is also a truman scholar where he spent quite a bit of time study being the life and career of his grandfather and currently serves as honorary chairman of the board of trustees at the harry truman president ial library and museum in independence, missouri. So today will give a great opportunity for question and answer. Please weigh in with lots of questions. Weve already been talking quite a bit offcamera, about our topic today, and i guarantee you theres going to be a lot of interesting ideas and discussion. So i will begin, and introduce all to join us on the p
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 highly secret matter as it is mentioned in that first paragraph. He mentioned this to truman after his inauguration on april 12 after fdrs death. Just in passing, something they need to talk about in the future. Stinson sentater, this letter to truman, telling him that they need to get together quickly. You can see some interesting. Andwritten notes writes matt, tomorrow. He is telling mr. Connelly to get Henry Stenson on his cabinet for the next day. Across. Id come he did not get into much detail as he started to see the budget numbers about the project but stinso
Were killed or listed as missing. 140,000 people were injured. Of these, 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. But definitely remains were aptly described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature, one of her innermost secrets, and with a newfound knowledge of instrument im not annihilation. Menacing implications of this extraordinary weapon were frightening to everyday people. What do you think of that bomb would drop him jazz mr. Glen . Oh isnt it terrible all those people killed. Three days later, another b 29 brought an improved bomb on the major japanese seaboard of nagasaki. A highly congested industrialized city, posting the best harbor in kenya cuckoo. An extensive naval facilities. But this bomb exploding over the north tragic district took the lives of 42,000 persons and injured 40,000 more. It destroyed 39 of all the buildings sanding and nagasaki before the calamity. The japanese described their c