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Harry Truman: “Our blows will destroy their whole modern industrial plant and organization, which they have built up during the past…”

On the recordMay 31, 1945
Our blows will destroy their whole modern industrial plant and organization, which they have built up during the past century and which they are now devoting to a hopeless cause.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on Winning the War With Japan.

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