State Historical Society of Iowa

General Leslie Groves' Statement to the Officers about the Atomic Bomb, 1945

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Courtesy of National Archives, Groves, Leslie, "General Groves speaking to the Officers regarding the atom bomb," 1945

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Transcript of General Leslie Groves' Statement to the Officers about the Atomic Bomb

Source Dependent Questions

  • According to General Leslie Groves, why was the atomic bomb dropped?
  • How did Groves argue that dropping the atomic bomb was humane for both sides?
  • Use Groves' statement and the photo of Nagasaki to make the opposing argument, that dropping the atomic bombs was not humane.

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Groves, Leslie, "General Groves speaking to the Officers regarding the atom bomb," 1945. Courtesy of National Archives Courtesy of Library of Congress