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The bombs killed an estimated 200.000 people. But seeing the other option available, president Truman made the right decision:
- He could block Japan out, and let the people starve. But this would kill many people as they believe in their emperor and won't give up.
- He could also invade Japan, but this had an estimated 1 million American soldier deaths.
- He could retreat, but this would allow the Japanese to kill for example many Chinese and take over, and this also gives a possibility of the Japanese trying to invade the US again.
- And he could drop the atomic bombs and kill 200.000 people. Which would be the best option seeing the estimated death count.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoFrom the viewpoint of the mothers of the day and the soldiers of the day Truman made the right decisions. The mothers around the US were screaming for the war to end because they were loosing their men. Many of the soldiers later came up to the men who were on the planes Enola Gay and Bockscar and the men who developed the bombs. They told them, "You sure save my life with those atom bombs. I would have been killed had I been with the Japanese invasion."
The Manhattan Project scientists did not like what the atom bombs did but they were glad the bombs motivated Emperor Hirohito to surrender thereby saving millions of Japanese lives and the lives of the Allied Forces (including the Russians).
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∙ 11y agoTruman wanted to put an end to the war and collapse the means of Japan to make war.
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