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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.
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Which atomic bomb used uranium and which used plutonium?
Hiroshima bomb: uranium Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
How was the wildlife in Hiroshima and Nagasaki affected by the atom bomb?
See website: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
How long did it take America to perfect the atomic bomb?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic bomb site at end of war on Pacific front?
Nagasaki
How many did the atomic bomb kill?
220,000 people if you combine Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima by itself killed 140,000; the one dropped on Nagasaki killed 80,000.
What was the population of nagasaki after the atomic bomb?
the population of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was 166,000.
When was Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum created?
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum was created in 1955.
Was nagasaki hit by an atomic bomb?
Yes it was one of the targets for an atomic bomb.
What effect did the atomic bomb have on hiroshima and nagasaki?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Where in japan did the second atomic bomb explode?
Nagasaki
What is a land marke in Nagasaki?
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
A city where an atomic bomb was?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
Where was second atomic bomb dropped?
Nagasaki.
When was Nagasaki hit with an atomic bomb?
One day after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima in Japan.
Dropping the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War 2.
What part of japan did America attack with a nuclear bomb?
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki RB
What was the Nagasaki?
Nagasaki was a city that the Atomic bomb was dropped on August 9th, 1945.
