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What was Stimson's role in the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
By 1945, Stimson was receiving more direct information about World War II than any other U.S. official. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall reported directly to Stimson and as a member of the "Committee of Three with Sec. of the Navy James Forrestal and Under Sec. of State Joseph Grew, Stimson also received information directly from the Sec. of the Navy. Grew provided Stimson with the State Department's diplomatic information on the war. Stimson also knew much about an important factor known to few others: the atomic bomb project. In June 1942 the transfer of the a-bomb project to the Army was begun, and from May 1, 1943 until his retirement on Sept. 21, 1945, Stimson was directly responsible to the President for the Manhattan Project. -Henry Stimson, George Bundy, "On Active Service in Peace and War", pg. 612-613-
Why did Stimson think the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was terrible thing to do but better than any alternative?
It is more than sufficient to justify this conclusion. Nonetheless, the witless litany, the lie that that bombing "saved the lives of a million Americans." -signed confessions of U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson-
Why did Stimson think the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a Terrible thing thing to do but better than any alternative?
It is more than sufficient to justify this conclusion. Nonetheless, the witless litany, the lie that that bombing "saved the lives of a million Americans." -signed confessions of U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson-
Why did Stimson think the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was both a terrible choice but better than any alternative?
By 1945, Stimson was receiving more direct information about World War II than any other U.S. official. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall reported directly to Stimson and as a member of the "Committee of Three with Sec. of the Navy James Forrestal and Under Sec. of State Joseph Grew, Stimson also received information directly from the Sec. of the Navy. Grew provided Stimson with the State Department's diplomatic information on the war. Stimson also knew much about an important factor known to few others: the atomic bomb project. In June 1942 the transfer of the a-bomb project to the Army was begun, and from May 1, 1943 until his retirement on Sept. 21, 1945, Stimson was directly responsible to the President for the Manhattan Project. -Henry Stimson, George Bundy, "On Active Service in Peace and War", pg. 612-613-
How does the atomic bomb affect foreign policy?
The first authoritative explanation of how and why it was decided to use the bomb came in February 1947 from Henry L. Stimson, wartime Secretary of War and the man who more than any other was responsible for advising the President in this matter. [3] This explana-[1] The study that follows was published in substantially its present form in Foreign Affairs, Vol. XXV, No. 2 (January, 1957). It is reprinted by special permission from Foreign Affairs; copyright by Council on Foreign Relations, New York. [2] James Phinney Baxter, 3rd, Scientists Against Time(Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1946), p. 419. [3] Henry L. Stimson, "The Decision To Use the Atomic Bomb," Harper'sMagazine (February, 1947). The article is reproduced with additional comments in Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948), Chapter XIII, and in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. III, No. 2 (February, 1947).
Did a bomb ever hit in kyoto?
Kyoto was where the Emperor lived. The place did not get the bomb. One of the leaders choosing the targets was opposed to it because he had been there for his honeymoon and had major ties to the place. That was Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.
What was Henry trumans rank when he started the atomic bomb?
Vice President of the United States.
What did the atomic bomb do to the children born after the bomb?
Radiation detriorated some babies on the backs of their mothers. Along with lifelong deformities.
How was an atomic bomb repaired?
how was the atomic bomb repaired
Is Pakistani bomb is an Islamic bomb?
If you consider the US atomic bomb is a Christian bomb, the French atomic bomb is also Christian bomb and so on, then you can name the Pakistani atomic bomb an Islamic bomb.
Who discoverd the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb is an artefact, and so an invention. Maybe you meant to ask who invented the atomic bomb ?
When did Pakistan explode their first atomic bomb?
18th May1998, but its not atomic bomb (its nuclear bomb)
