Harry Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, and the was president after FDR. He started his presidency at the end of WW2. Truman had a big role coming into presidency after FDR, even though the war in Europe ended in May, 1945 but the Americans were still with war with Japan.
The biggest decison Truman made as president was the atomic bombing; one against Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and one against Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Truman's biggest goal as president was to end the war with Japan as soon as possible.
Harry Truman quoted, "Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima...The force from which the sun draws its powers has been loosed against those who brought the war in the Far East."
Without the decision of the atomic bomb, the war with Japan would have lasted longer.
Truman was also president when the Nazi were put into the Nuremberg trials. He also started the "The Buck Stops Here", which means he would take responibility for things that happened during his presidency. The Nazis were put into trials because they were found guilty of what they did during the war. Also another accomplishment Truman did was he created the Truman Doctrine which stated that it was the duty of the U.S. to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures." The Americans joined Great Britain so fight against the Soviet blockade. The Americans spent over $13 billion to help Europe get back to normal after World War 2. Other accomplishment Truman had during his presidency was he was a key figure in the establishment of the Jewish state in the Palestine Mandate. In 1950-53, America participated in the Korean Conflict. Truman agreed that he would help South Korea to get North Korea out and from them invading them more. Other accomplishment was the Berlin Blockade, during the Cold War. Truman also tried to start the The Fair Deal, which was the same thing as the New Deal started by FDR but it didn't go very far because he was an unpopular president.
I though some of the biggest accomplishments Harry Truman did as president was the atomic bombs on Japan, without dropping the bombs on Japan the war with Japan would have lasted longer then it did. Harry Truman didn't have many accomplisments but the ones that he did were important.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
http://us-presidents.findthedata.org/q/35/1558/What-were-President-Harry-S-Truman-s-accomplishments
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