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             ss the Pacific and pushed the vast Japanese empire back to the west. Even before the meeting at Yalta, the United States had occupied Saipan, the last position of the Japanese army on the south Pacific front. From this island, the US was able to air raid the cities of Japan's mainland. The decision to drop the bomb was made by Harry Truman, who never regretted his actions. When he ordered the attack, the usefulness of the bomb was incredible. Not only would this device end the war, but it would demonstrate the superiority of the United States over the Soviets. Hiroshima was destroyed by the atomic bomb just a few days after the Potsdam conference in which Truman announced the existence of the bomb to his allies in order to show military superiority.
             The political demonstration of the superiority of the American military created fear in the Russian government. The response was Soviet militarization and a push towards nuclea
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