If they do not now acknowledge our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air.”īut there are other theories.
It was to spare the Japanese public from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. Harry S Truman, the US President of the time, had warned: “We are now prepared to obliterate more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the Japanese have above ground in any city. 8, 1945 file photo, only a handful of buildings remain standing amid the wasteland of Hiroshima (AP Photo/File)
