President Harry S. Truman, on this day in history, May 8, 1945, announced to the American people that Nazi Germany had surrendered in World War II — thus marking the end of the war in Europe.
, to unite in offering joyful thanks to God for the victory we have won, and to pray that He will support us to the end of our present struggle and guide us into the ways of peace."
As the Truman Library and numerous other sources have pointed out, after he became president after the death ofon April 12, 1945, Truman learned of the Manhattan Project, a secret scientific effort to create an atomic bomb. Shown in 1945, Harry Truman , the 33rd president of the U.S. After succeeding Franklin D. Roosevelt as president during the last months of World War II, Truman was forced to make the decision to end the war with Japan by dropping the atomic bomb.The Potsdam Declaration, an ultimatum issued by the United States, Great Britain and China on July 26, 1945, called for the unconditional surrender of Japan.
Eleven days later, on August 6, 1945, having received no reply, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, destroying most of the city. During this time, the Soviet Union also declared war on Japan.This article was written by Fox News staff.
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