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There was never any doubt of that and despite the rising tide of criticism Truman took full responsibility for his action. Truman leaned heavily on the advice of his senior and most trusted advisers on the question of the bomb But the final decision was his and his alone.

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Which president was in office when the atomic bomb was used?

Truman


Did president Roosevelt agree with president Truman with dropping the bomb?

Roosevelt made the decision to make the atomic bomb on October 9, 1941.As the Manhattan Project progressed Roosevelt followed developments with the assumption that the atomic bombs would be used "as made ready".Roosevelt died and when Truman is briefed on the atomic bomb he decides to change nothing.After the first two bombs are dropped on Japan and they indicate they will surrender, Truman makes the only decisionentirely his own about the atomic bomb during WW2 and orders the bombing stopped.


Who was president when the atomic bomb was made?

Franklin Roosevelt- but he died before the atomic bomb was used. Harry Truman was the next president, and ordered the use of the atomic bomb.


What Truman had to face after the atomic bomb was dropped?

Criticism for having used it


Who was the president when the first bomb was used?

if by bomb you mean atomic bomb, it was truman. otherwise bombs predate the existence of the US.


Who decided the atomic bomb should be used?

I believe it was the president, Harry S. Truman


Who ordered the first atomic bomb to used?

US President Harry S. Truman .


When and where was the atomic bomb used and who authorized it?

August 1945, Japan, US president Truman


Is there anybody that disagree that Truman should not have used the atomic bomb?

My opinion is, Truman should have used the atomic bomb. If he hadn't the war would have continued, and more would have died. Also I think that at one point the Axis would have dropped a atomic bomb on an allied city, possibly killing more then at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


When did Truman use the atomic bomb?

On August 6, 1945, the first Atomic bomb was dropped on japan. Another was dropped on August 9,1945 which ended WWII. Those are the only times in the history of warfare that an Atomic weapon was used.


How did Truman react to the USSR's deployment of the atomic bomb?

President Truman responded by moving forward with a new nuclear weapon. He also created the Truman Doctrine to contain the advancement of communism by providing support to any nation threatened by communism.


What president used the atomic bomb?

Harry S. Truman ordered the atomic bombs (Fat Boy and Little Man) to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during the closing days of WWII. No other president has used an atomic bomb as an act of aggression. However, testing of atomic bombs lasted through many presidential terms.