President of U.S. Harry Truman

Ability: Make Enemies

While President Roosevelt made many concessions and promises to Russia in the initial peace meetings, President Truman was much less willing to compromise. He was very worried about the potential Communist threat. His hostility in the Potsdam Conference is seen as one of the leading factors behind the Cold War.

Atomic Bomb

In August of 1945, America detonated two atomic bombs in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.