Did president truman make the correct decision in using the atomic bomb?

Answer 1

Truman had no idea the atomic bomb was being developed. He was not even vice president when president Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the development of the atomic bomb on October 9, 1941 after a meeting with Vannevar Bush and then vice president Henry A. Wallace. At this time the United States was not even officially involved in WW2. Truman was first informed of the development of the atomic bomb by secretary of war Henry L. Stimson shortly after Franklin D. Roosevelt died in April 1945 only months before the first atomic bomb was tested. Effectively the atomic bomb was already completely developed before Truman was even aware of it, all that remained to be done was proof testing and combat use (and Franklin D. Roosevelt had already put the military wheels in action before his death for selection of target cities in Japan, although this selection process was not complete until late May 1945).

Answer 2

This is a huge debatable question.

Personally, I would say no as I think the Atomic Bomb killed more people than if the US didn't use it. The only good thing about it that not a single allied troop were killed and it resulted Japan to surrender but it left a huge scar onto Japan.