The prevention of having to invade and conquer mainland Japan, which by all estimates would have an enormous cost in US casualties and prolong the war with many months, if not with years.
The prevention of having to invade and conquer mainland Japan, which by all estimates would have an enormous cost in US casualties and prolong the war with many months, if not with years.
Atomic not Atomis!
It was a tough call for the President but he reasoned that he could end the war faster and save the lives of many American service men. The deaths of the military there, helped in that decision.
The same day they were ready Truman had the decision. The people were ok with it.
Vice President of the United States.
The American President, Harry Truman, made the decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The American President, Harry Truman, made the decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Harry Truman
princess patrick harwood President Truman
Truman didnt want Stalin to get any peace, and was basically telling him to back off
To use the atomic bomb against Japan. No Mr. contributor, that is not true, he said his toughest decision of his presidency was to enter the Korean war. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/banning.htm check your facts Mr. contributor
He wanted to end the war as quickly as possible.
President Harry Truman