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When Stalin Learned About Hiroshima — The 72 Hours That Started the Cold War

July 24th, 1945. Truman walks up to Stalin at Potsdam and says "we have a new weapon of unusual destructive power." Stalin nods. No questions. No shock. He just walks away. Truman is confused. Churchill is baffled. Did Stalin not understand that America just built a bomb that can destroy cities? The truth: Stalin already knew. For 799 days, Soviet spies inside the Manhattan Project had been photographing every secret. Klaus Fuchs, a German physicist at Los Alamos, gave the Soviets the complete bomb design. When Truman "told" Stalin, Stalin was watching America reveal how badly their security had failed. Thirteen days later, Hiroshima burns. Truman thinks the bomb will keep Stalin out of the Pacific. Instead, Stalin uses it as a starting gun. Soviet armies invade Manchuria within hours. In 72 hours, they grab territory that leads to the Korean War, communist China, and the divided world we know today. And the spies keep stealing. Four years later, the Soviets test their own bomb. The Cold War begins. The arms race starts. And it all traces back to 72 hours in August 1945 when Truman thought he won and Stalin knew better. #Hiroshima #ColdWar #AtomicBomb #Stalin #Truman #WWII #KlausFuchs #ManhattanProject #KoreanWar #NuclearWeapons #History #Potsdam #SovietSpies #Nagasaki #1945