Who decided to drop the atom bomb on Japan?

Answer 1

At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.

Answer 2

During World War II, the highly secret, and horrifyingly powerful, new atomic weapon designed and constructed by the Allies (principally, the Americans) was in fact dropped on Japan by the American military. On two separate occasions in early August of 1945, atomic bombs were dropped from strongly escorted B-29 bombers onto Japanese cities, leading almost immediately to the end of the war in the Pacific.

Answer 3

Dropping the bomb brought the war to a quick end and prevented the need for a land invasion of Japan itself. While it's unfortunate that the two bombs killed tens of thousands of people, estimates for an invasion predicted somewhere around 1 million Allied casualties and 6-7 million Japanese dead or wounded.

Answer 4

If you're talking about the atomic bombs in August 1945, then President Harry Truman made the decision.