Harry S. Truman

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If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible, although I don’t want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances. Neither of them thinks anything of their pledged word.

We are now prepared to obliterate more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the Japanese have above ground in any city. … If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.

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  1. shinichi Post author

    TrumanHarry S. Truman (1884 – 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Franklin D. Roosevelt died after months of declining health. Truman ordered the use of atomic weapons against Japan. Under Truman, tensions with the Soviet Union increased, marking the start of the Cold War.

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    If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany …

    The New York Times
    (24 June 1941)

    TIME magazine
    (2 July 1951)
    http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,815031,00.html

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    If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air …

    Speech on August 7, 1945

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