Truman's Decision - National History Day 2006

National Award winning documentary on President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb and the psychological, economical, social, and cultural factors that contributed to the decision. Directed and edited by Jikyu Choi, narrated by Kevin Liu, interviews by James Niebauer, and screenplay bay Don Wei from Mira Loma High School

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[justforkicks909]

wow ppl, i agree with nitsua but the bomb for the most part was dropped to end the war swiftly and give the middle finger to the russians at the potsdam declaration

[nitsua2102]

The 2 bombs "little boy" and "fat man" dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were in response to the war crimes acted out by the Japanese military such as 1) Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor 2) the Bataan Death March on P.O.W. and 3) the Manila Massacre on innocent civilians and it did save the 500,00 to at least 1,000,000 lives that the American side would have lost in the invasion... suck it... Get on my level bitch.

[justforkicks909]

ur prolly a communist

[justforkicks909]

U really are anti american, les send ur ass back into ww2 and les see what happens, u wud prolly die b4 it happnd but if u lived in time 2 see the atomic bomb end the war rather then u invade, u wud hav cried u wud hav been so happy

[choo8616]

@justforkicks909 that is a very narrow-minded way of looking at the war. dick.

[justforkicks909]

Dude, you are so wrong. I have researched this topic (not for history day but another program, but i have done history day for a few years) and you obviusly hate Americans and dont value their lives. If we didnt drop the bomb at least One million americans would have died or been injured (the number of purple hearts made before the invasion so we could give them to soldiers on site) we still use those purple hearts today because they are still left over. I hope you feel bad you Anti American!

[Taytay9498]

This years topic is a little bit douchy because I don't know what I want to do mines on plus this is my first year doing history day so I hope I do good for a first timer...

[Justin13L]

I'm doing one of these this year...on Women Voting Rights. The theme is debates in history.

[Princelee30]

what kind of program are u using here? im using movie maker lol

[1000wrongdecisions]

But why two bombs instead of one? Isn't one enough to prove the point?