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Q: What did Truman fear about dropping the atomic bomb?
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How did the atomic bomb win World War II?

Ended WW2. Japanese were clearly losing, but due to their culture and tradition they refused to surrender. The US in dropping the A-bomb debatably saved more lives then they killed, as without it the war in Asia would have continued.


How did the US respond to the fear of soviet military action in the middle east?

they called in the atomic bomb.


Why was the US in a rush to build an atomic bomb?

The fear that Germany was already well on the way to building an atomic bomb and could make first use of them against either England or the USSR at any moment.


What has the atomic bomb done to help people?

nothing its done nothing but cause damage and fear in every citizin of the earth


The significance of the dropping of the atomic bomb then and now?

Harry Truman dropped the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima to end the war. At the time you could say that America was fighting two wars, one against Germany and one against Japan. Even though Japanese military supplies were very limited at this point in time of the war, Truman still enforced the Japanese to sign a treaty to surrender. After they failed to surrendered, America dropped 2 bombs on Japan. The effect was Japan surrendered the war immediately after the 2nd bombing. It also showed the military power America could potentially use to the world. The significance of it now is that the atomic bomb has basically created an arms race. The Cold War was a fued over not only communism but the fear of a nuclear war. Since the mid 1970's America has tried to use a system of detente, in which they make peaceful agreements with other nations such as China and Russia for disarmament. I guess you could say that the atomic bomb unleashed mankind with the ability to destroy anything in its path, and now that its more aware we are trying to prevent nuclear build ups.

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Why russia fear the Americans atomic bomb?

you crazy , everyone fears an american atomic bomb .


Why was the atomic bomb built?

Fear that Nazi Germany might do it first.


Why the USA make a atomic bomb?

Fear that Germany might do it first.


How did the atomic bomb win World War II?

Ended WW2. Japanese were clearly losing, but due to their culture and tradition they refused to surrender. The US in dropping the A-bomb debatably saved more lives then they killed, as without it the war in Asia would have continued.


In the Korean war when UN forces were driven back what refused to let the commanding general bomb china?

President Truman. General McCarthur requested permission to bomb or nuke china during the Korean War. Truman was furious at this request and denyed it in fear of a major war with china instead of the small one they were having. McCarthur was then releived of his duties i beleive.


Why did America begin development on the atomic bomb?

fear that nazi germany might do it first


Why did the US construct atomic bomb?

Fear that the Nazis might construct one first.


President Truman contributed to the Anti-Communist fear after World War 2 by?

In short, the dropping of the Atomic Bombs showed the Russians we were "not afraid to use the big stuff" (phrase they used back then). Stalin got the idea he had to finish developing the atomic bomb. And, to the consternation of Winston Churchill, Truman let the Russians keep the Eastern European nations they defeated and have of East Germany. Winston Churchill had warned him this would spark a Cold War and that an Iron Curtain had fallen. Roosevelt and Truman had chosen not to tangle with Josef Stalin and the millions of communists of the USSR. Therefore, anti-communists blew all this out of proportion and they were very fearful.


How did the US respond to the fear of soviet military action in the middle east?

they called in the atomic bomb.


Does a country with an atomic bomb get more respect?

well yes but its more fear than respect


If the atomic bomb cost billions of dollars why did you build one?

The original reason that the US began the project to build the atomic bomb was fear. Fear that Nazi Germany would build one first and use it to take over the world.After the war ended the US and USSR built them out of fear of each other.


Why was the US in a rush to build an atomic bomb?

The fear that Germany was already well on the way to building an atomic bomb and could make first use of them against either England or the USSR at any moment.