What was President Truman's main goal in deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan?

Answer 1

Truman knew he had a weapon that would bring an end to the war, and probably would result in less American deaths. The war continued to lag on, and the Japanese, due to their belief that surrender meant failure and disgrace, would not give up. Dropping nuclear bombs on Japan gave them no other alternative than to surrender.

Answer 2

His main goal was to use something extremely powerful to try and put a direct stop to the corruption built up by the communist nation.

America was in World War Two against countries including Japan. Truman was trying to end the war.

Answer 3

In this way he hoped to achieve the immediate surrender of Japan and avoid the necessity of invading mainland Japan, which according to most estimates at the time would have cost a lot of lives, Japanese as well as American.

Answer 4

The decision to drop the bomb on Japan was to stop the war in the Pacific. It was thought that Japan wouldn't surrender and if the allies sent in an invasion force that the Death Rate would be high. The secondary reason for dropping the atomic bomb was to see the results. Both cities where it was dropped were untouched by war so any damage would be from the bomb.

Answer 5

He forced the surrender of Japan without a ground invasion.

Answer 6

The bomb was used with the intent of ending the war quickly , as opposed to a long bloody , island -hopping, land invasion.

Answer 7

The main goal of US President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the two atomic bombs upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to compel the Japanese to surrender thus ending the war with Japan .