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Harry S. Truman .
President Harry Truman
August 1945, Japan, US president Truman
President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the development of the atomic bomb, but Harry Truman was President at the time of the bomb's first successful test, and he is the one who authorized its use in populated areas. The Manhattan Project, the development of the atomic bomb, was such a secret that even Vice President Truman didn't know about it until after he became President. (I don't know whether or not Vice President Wallace knew about the project.)
If you are referring to the nuclear bomb, it was dropped over Japan in world war 2 and not the cold war. Those bombs were authorized by President Truman.
It was president Franklin D. Roosevelt who order the development of the atomic bomb. It was Harry S. Truman who order its use on Japan during World War II.
He authorized its development by the US.
No, he did not. Truman became President and authorized the use of the atomic bomb to end the war with Japan.
I suggest reading Richard Rhodes book: The Making of the Atomic Bomb.
wodrow Wilson was the president that agreed to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
wodrow Wilson was the president that agreed to drop the atomic bomb on japan
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.