In short, the dropping of the Atomic Bombs showed the Russians we were "not afraid to use the big stuff" (phrase they used back then). Stalin got the idea he had to finish developing the atomic bomb. And, to the consternation of Winston Churchill, Truman let the Russians keep the Eastern European nations they defeated and have of East Germany. Winston Churchill had warned him this would spark a Cold War and that an Iron Curtain had fallen. Roosevelt and Truman had chosen not to tangle with Josef Stalin and the millions of communists of the USSR. Therefore, anti-communists blew all this out of proportion and they were very fearful.
Harry S Truman was US president at the end of World War 2 in 1945.Harry Truman
Harry S Truman was US president at the end of World War 2 in 1945.Harry Truman
Harry S. Truman was a Vice President for 70 plus days when President Roosevelt died. So in 1945 Truman became President Truman. He stayed president through the end of World War 2 and the Korean War.
Truman was a US Senator for most of the war, becoming the vice-president in 1945.
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Truman was President at the end of WW2.
FDR for most of it then Truman for the end At the beginning of World War 2 the President of the US was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He died during the war on April 12, 1945. This made his vice president, Harry S. Truman, the new president. Truman was president when the war ended.
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