On August 6, 1945, the United States detonated<span> an </span>atomic bomb<span> over the Japanese city of </span>Hiroshima<span>. Sixteen hours later, American President </span>Harry S. Truman<span> called again for Japan's surrender, warning them to "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth."</span>
