President Harry S. Truman on August 14, 1945 in remarks outside the White House after announcing the unconditional surrender of Japan.
President Harry S. Truman
(Photo: Truman Library)“This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor. This is the day when Fascism finally dies, as we always knew it would.”
Read more about the final days of World War II in this post “The Month That Changed the World.”
Here are Truman’s remarks after meeting Stalin in July 1945.
Read about the rise of Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler in Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy.
