President Harry S. Truman ordered the first atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that the death toll was “over 100,000.” The five-year death total may have reached or even exceeded 200,000, as cancer and other long-term effects took hold. To Truman this was a violent, but necessary act to end World War II and ensure all Americans could happily enjoy their Sunday barbecues.
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