Did Truman End World War 2 With The Use Of The Nuclear Bomb?

[acciochelsea]

[davegosling]

He certainly ended the war with Japan. The war in Europe had been won a few months before.

[Islay]

Technically it was an atom bomb and yes he did!

[aelmpvw]

effectively yes but germany had already surrendered before the nuclear bombs were dropped

[ToraToraTora]

well he ended Japan's involvement. Europe was already ended.

[douglas9401]

From Wikipedia:

"All existing nuclear weapons derive some of their explosive energy from nuclear fission reactions. Weapons whose explosive output is exclusively from fission reactions are commonly referred to as atomic bombs or atom bombs (abbreviated as A-bombs). This has long been noted as something of a misnomer, as their energy comes from the nucleus of the atom, just as it does with fusion weapons."

Looks like the short answer is, yes.