To force the Japanese Government to surrender unconditionally saving thousands of American servicemen's lives, and possibly as many as a million Japanese lives - most of them women, children and old men - who would have died if the Allies had been forced to invade Japan.
President Truman.
President Truman
President Truman.
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Harry Truman was the President that ordered the bombing of Japan.
President Harry S. Truman
Harry Truman authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan.
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President Harry Truman
President Harry Truman authorised and ordered the dropping of the two atomic bombs. He was following up the plans made under the Roosevelt administration. He didn't actually drop it himself, I doubt that he could have even picked it up.
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Harry S. Truman.