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Sixty-five years after the fact, it's easy to second-guess the players of 1945 and speculate as to whether Truman's decision was 'right' or 'wrong.' It is exercises like these that have coined phrases like "Monday morning quarterback" and "20-20 hindsight." Still, folks like me just dive right in...
I think Harry Truman believed that he made the 'right' choice about the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. And since he bore the sole responsibility for that choice, maybe that's enough. Certainly no court or judge has ruled that his choice was 'wrong.'
It's fair to say that he made the best decision he could with the information he had at the time. And it's also fair to say that, had he chosen not to use the weapons, and had Japan continued the war for months or years, and had American and Japanese casualties mounted by thousands or millions, Truman would have had to bear the responsibility for that decision too. Keep in mind that US NON-atomic bombing raids were routinely killing thousands of Japanese every night, as many as 120,000 in a single raid.
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Who was the us president who died before the Nazi surrender?
FDR died during WWII. His successor, Harry Truman, made the choice to use the atomic bomb on the japanese.
The decision to use atomic weapons to end World War 2 was made by President Harry S Truman even though he was aware of the high number of civilian casualties that Japan would suffer. What evidence off?
President Harry S. Truman justified the use of atomic weapons by arguing it would save lives in the long run by hastening Japan's surrender and avoiding a costly invasion. He believed that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would demonstrate overwhelming force, compelling Japan to capitulate. Additionally, U.S. military estimates suggested that a ground invasion could result in hundreds of thousands of American casualties, which influenced his decision despite the anticipated civilian toll. Truman's choice was rooted in a complex interplay of military strategy, political considerations, and a desire to bring a swift end to the war.
What reasons did Truman have to drop the atomic bombs on japan?
since the Japanese Army was actually doing Kamikaza, which means japanese sucide bomb attacks, on the United States Navy. Truman had no other choice to to use the Atomic Bomb on Japan since they refuse to surrender regardless of how Truman explained to them how deadly the bomb is.
Why Douglas macarthur resign?
General MacArthur was a bad boy and ignored President Truman's orders. So Truman gave MacArthur the choice to either resign or be fired.
What did Douglass MacArthur do to anger President Truman?
He refused to salute him, felt he knew better on how to fight the war than the President, he did not feel he had to take orders from the Civilian Commander in Chief, he wanted to start WW III with China, by dropping atomic bombs on China after they invaded North Korea. General MacArthur disobeyed the orders of President Harry Truman, and finally President Truman had no choice but to fire him and replace him with another Allied United Nations American General to end the Korean War in an Armistice in 1953. President Truman was correct. It would have a terrible mistake to start a nuclear World War Three on account of the Korean War, which is what General Douglas MacArthur wanted.
How many pages does Weapons of Choice have?
Weapons of Choice has 544 pages.
What is the ISBN of Weapons of Choice?
The ISBN of Weapons of Choice is 0-7329-1199-0.
Who was the us president during world 2?
There were two presidents. The first was Franklin Delano Roosevelt he didn't want to go to war but when Pearl Harbor was bombed he felt he had no choice. Then Harry Truman took over when Roosevelt died he tried to end the war and ordered the atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima.
What can you say about the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki?
President Truman made the choice because he needed to end the war and collapse Japan's means to make war ever again.
What actors and actresses appeared in Choice of Weapons - 2002?
The cast of Choice of Weapons - 2002 includes: Peter Westbrook as himself
When did Truman make his choice to drop the atomic bomb?
Actually Truman never made that choice, Franklin D. Roosevelt did in the last few months of his life when it became obvious that Germany would surrender before the atomic bomb could be available but Japan would likely "fight to the last man".Truman simply decided not to change any of Franklin D. Roosevelt's plans which the military was in the process of preparing the final planning for their execution. These preparations included: 2 D-day invasions of Japan (each larger than the 1944 Normandy D-day invasion), stockpiling of chemical weapons (e.g. nerve gas, mustard gas) for use during the invasions, continuation of the multiple nightly 1000 plane firebombing raids, use of atomic bombs "as they become available".Following the successful Trinity test on July 16, 1945 the Manhattan Project was able to brief Truman that they should be able to produce and drop 23 atomic bombs on Japan before the end of 1945 (this was enabled by the more efficient plutonium bomb design, had the test failed the uranium bomb design would have to be used and it would have been unlikely that more than about 6 atomic bombs could have been produced and used before the end of 1945). This reassured Truman enough that he mentioned that the US now possessed a powerful new weapon to Stalin, he was a little surprised at Stalin's lack of response (but as we now know Stalin had already heard of the results of the Trinity test and likely knew more about it than Truman did).As everything had already been authorized back in May 1945 when the target list had been prepared and the orders to "use the bombs as soon as they become available" were written, Truman's only real choice was to stop the use of the atomic bombs and he made this choice as soon as he received the Japanese message of surrender on August 15, 1945.
What are the release dates for The X's - 2005 Family Issues Truman's Choice 1-11?
The X's - 2005 Family Issues Truman's Choice 1-11 was released on: USA: 17 March 2006
