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How did America justify using the atomic bomb against Japan during World War 2?
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∙ 8y ago
During this time, Harry S. Truman had several choices, but most would cause a great deal of American and Allied lives. So he opted to use the A-bomb to get the Japanese to give an unconditional surrender.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 15y agoThis is a question which will never be answered; but will always be asked. Some historians say "yes". It saved lives from a possible invasion of Japan. Some historians say "no". It was inhumane; and lives could have been saved by other means, and "who's to say...how many lives would've been saved during an invasion of Japan..."
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∙ 11y agofirst answer:
To intimidate the Soviets
second correct answer:
To force the Japanese to surrender, before the United States launched its planned invasion that would have caused massive casualties on both sides.
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∙ 8y agoThey ultimately ended up saving lives. Every other option available to the Allies would have resulted in more bloodshed than was experienced in the bombings, and no other course of action could have brought such a speedy end to the war.
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∙ 12y agoJapan had refused to surrender. It was estimated that an invasion of the Japanese homeland would result in the death of approximately 1 million Allied servicemen, and a larger number of Japanese military and civilians.
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∙ 12y agoit was justified because it ended the war sooner and fewer American lives were lost. Also, Japanese lives were lost but way less than a planned invasion of japan.!
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