An atomic bomb is a bomb in which the splitting of atomic nuclei results in an explosion of tremendous force and heat, accompanied by a blinding light. The destructive force of an atomic bomb is due to nearly instantaneous and uncontrolled successive fissions of urani

Potsdam Conference meeting (July 17-Aug. 2, 1945) was a conference of the principal Allies of World War II (the U.S., the USSR, Great Britain) to clarify and implement agreements for ending the World War II. The chief participants were Pres. Harry s. Truman, Premier Joseph Stalin, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (who was replaced by Attlee after Churchill's Conservative party lost the British election). The resulting Potsdam Agreement established four-power (American, British, Russian, French) occupation zones for postwar Germany. A comprehensive reordering of the German economy and German institutions was part of the agreement. The Council of Foreign Ministers was established to consider peace settlements. Stalin, who knew of Japan's desire to negotiate an end to the war made no mention of it to the allies during the conference (Lyons, The Russian Version of the Second World War, 85-86). The conference issued an ultimatum to Japan either to surrender or risk total destruction. The rift between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies caused the Potsdam Agreement to be consistently breached, which was an early manifestation of the cold war. (Truman, H. Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Years of Decision, 333-351). Japans convert efforts in February and March 1945 at peace made through Russia should have been made through a neutral power, the Russians had been fighting with Germany, which like Japan was Axis power. As a result, the Japanese peace efforts were not successful, and the other Allied powers were never informed of Japan's desire for a negotiated peace. A second attempt at a peace settlement, at the Emperors insistence, by Japan through Russia in July 1945 was completely ignored by the Russians.

President Truman was renowned for his single-handed take charge philosophy. The famed "The buck stops here" sign that later in Truman's presidency would be a stable of how he did business was clearly how he had made the decision to use the atomic bomb. President Truman, with only a consultation of his political leaders and military advisors, decided to drop the bomb on Japan.

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was completely unjustified as a means to end the war with Japan. The war as such was already won; it was merely a matter of time before Japan capitulated. In the opinion of this writer there was never any question as to who had won the war. The impact of conventional bombing of the Japanese homeland had completely destroyed Japans infrastructure, industry, and demoralized the populist. Furthermore, Japans significant military losses in its Pacific Rim islands demonstrated that Japan had lost its ability to effectively fight or continue the war. Therefore, if negotiations hade been attempted, instead of a demand of unconditional capitulation, then the war would have been settled with a Japanese face saving treaty and the demands of the American people could have been met. While a negotiated settlement was possible with Japan, if it had been attempted, it seemed that President Truman wanted to send a message to Russia and the world that America was the new "Sheriff in Town."

Hansell, H. (1980). Strategic Air War Against Japan, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office

The island hopping Americans had destroyed Japan's army; its navy had met the America navy and lost a series of staggering defeats. Japan's battlefield deaths and wounded reached 1.5 million, its loss of merchant marine ships was 2,34

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