In his defence if he would have used soldiers to invade you would see alot, upwards of 200,000, more deaths on the american side, so it was certainly called for but i could see why anyone would be against it seeing as though 90,000 civilians in Japan were killed i hope this helped
If Truman never dropped the atom bomb, we would have to invade Japan. That would have lost thousands of American lives. That saved all those lives...za
President Truman stated that he wanted to end the war and collapse Japan's means to make war.
So no more American soldiers would die. He wanted the war to end.
He stated that he wanted to end the war and collapse Japan's means to make war.
He wanted to end that war and collapse the ability so the Japan could not make war again.
Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States who accepted the responsibility for authorizing the use of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese at Hiroshima. This was a courageous decision, necessary to bring the war in Japan to an end as soon as possible. Although it cost the lives of many in Japan, it undoubtedly saved the lives of many thousands of American men.Because of the tactics used by the Japanese, specifically their tendency to defend to the death, conventional war on the mainland of Japan would likely have resulted in the deaths of many hundreds of thousands more Japanese (both military and civilian) than were killed in the atomic blasts. As the U.S. was determined to win the war, and because the Japanese were so fiercely defending their homeland, losses on both sides would have been terrible.
he could have invaded but that would cause far more caualties
Harry S. Truman did many important things during his life. He was a military colonel, senator, Vice-President, and President. However, the most historically important thing he did may have been his decision to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan in 1945.
Probably as soon as Stimson informed him that it was being worked on.
To save the lives of American GI's who were slated to invade Japan.
He stated that he wanted to end the war and collapse Japan's means to make war.
Harry S. Truman (23rd US President) succeeded to the office on April 12, 1945 when Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Although both FDR and Truman had classified knowledge of the Manhattan Project, no decision could be made on the use of any A-bombs until they were shown to actually work. The first nuclear detonation came on July 16, 1945, two months after FDR died, and it was Truman's decision to actually employ them to force the surrender of Japan. Hiroshima was struck on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9.
He wanted to end that war and collapse the ability so the Japan could not make war again.
End WW2, ASAP.
Did Harry or Bess introduce the Truman Doctrine? The Truman Doctrine stopped the buck here.
do it yor self
The concern was that the USSR might retaliate by using atomic bombs on our troops in Korea.
Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States who accepted the responsibility for authorizing the use of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese at Hiroshima. This was a courageous decision, necessary to bring the war in Japan to an end as soon as possible. Although it cost the lives of many in Japan, it undoubtedly saved the lives of many thousands of American men.Because of the tactics used by the Japanese, specifically their tendency to defend to the death, conventional war on the mainland of Japan would likely have resulted in the deaths of many hundreds of thousands more Japanese (both military and civilian) than were killed in the atomic blasts. As the U.S. was determined to win the war, and because the Japanese were so fiercely defending their homeland, losses on both sides would have been terrible.
President Truman considered issues like death toll, atomic fallout, and political consequences before using the atomic bomb. In the end, it was determined that it would save many lives by avoiding a conventional battle.
Saving the lives of the soldiers (mostly marines) needed to invade Japan.