 | D. M. Giangreco, Kathryn Moore - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 556 pages
...when we were in the middle of the Adantic Ocean. In your letter, you raise the fact that the directive to General Spaatz to prepare for delivering the bomb...was not made until we were returning from Potsdam. Dropping the bomb ended the war, saved lives, and gave the free nations a chance to face the facts.... | |
 | Charles T. O’Reilly, William A. Rooney - History - 2015 - 255 pages
...and he responded, "The directive was given to Spaatz on 25 July, the President said, because 'it was necessary to set the military wheels in motion, as...was not made until we were returning from Potsdam.'" And again, in the same context: "I ordered atomic bombs dropped on the two cities named on the way... | |
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... production. He promptly named Hiroshima and Nagasaki, among others. We sent an ultimatum to Japan. It was rejected. I ordered atomic bombs dropped on the two cities named on the way back from Potsdam, when we were in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.... 