President Truman was told of the success of the project during a conference with the leaders of Great Britain (Winston Churchill) and the Soviet Union (Stalin) in Potsdam, in occupied Germany. After learning of the project's success, President Truman told Stalin that the United States now possessed a super weapon capable of "awesome destructiveness" (Davidson 554). ... During meetings with Stalin, it was noted by Winston Churchill that Truman "told the Russians just where they got on and off and generally bossed the whole meeting" (Davidson 554). ...

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August sixth, 1945 a devastating day for some and a victorious day for others. August 6th was the day the United States government chose to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and in one flash the world was introduced to the new atomic age. The United States and the Soviet Union were in an arms...

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Without the support of his sea power and air power, his land forces cannot do anything except hold out in isolated beleaguered spots all over the map until bombs, bullets, disease, or starvation killed them off- The Russians, under Stalin, gave notice that it would not renew its existing Neutral Pact with Japan and would enter the war on the Allied side. ...

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