LYCEE FRANÇAIS DE TANANARIVE - Epreuve orale du BACCALAUREAT Section européenne anglais (DNL Histoire-Géographie) – Sujet n°1 HISTORY WAS THE DROPPING OF THE A-BOMB NECESSARY ? Source 1 : Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd U.S. President, Diary, July 25,...
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LYCEE FRANÇAIS DE TANANARIVE - Epreuve orale du BACCALAUREAT Section européenne anglais (DNL Histoire-Géographie) – Sujet n°1 HISTORY WAS THE DROPPING OF THE A-BOMB NECESSARY ? Source 1 : Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd U.S. President, Diary, July 25, 1945. « We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world. (...) [We] will use it so that military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children. Even if the Japs are savages, ruthless, merciless and fanatic, we as the leader of the world for the common welfare cannot drop that terrible bomb on the old capital or the new (...) The target will be a purely military one and we will issue a warning statement asking the Japs to surrender and save lives. I'm sure they will not do that, but we will have given them the chance. » Source 2 : Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, I Was There, 1950, pp. 513-514. « It is my opinion that th
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