Most people believe that. Some people wanted revenge for the attack on peal harbor. It was the surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United Statesnaval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
Setting a precedent that continues today, the order for the bombings was given by President Harry Truman. Except in very specific situations, only the President can authorize the use of nuclear weapons. Historians cite the failure of Japan to surrender despite devastating firebombings of Japanese cities and the decimation of their naval forces. Had they admitted defeat, atomic bombs might not have been necessary, and the world's history might have been very different.
It wasn't a president, it was a general. The president fired the general and refused to authorize use of nuclear weapons.
Gerald Ford
Battle of Vercruz
It was called "massive retaliation."
Yes because Iraq agreed to UN demands to stop the production of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons.
there are no rules in wars or fights rules r 4 the losers
In justified cases of the use of nuclear power, such force is NOT a crime to humanity.
Truman was the only president to authorize nuclear weapons usage. It ended WW2.
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Several- but notably, Ronald Reagan.
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Harry Truman
In the US, the President with his "football".
George Bush was the first American president to unilaterally dismantle some US nuclear weapons. In 1991, he committed the U. S. to the destruction of some chemical weapons.
Setting a precedent that continues today, the order for the bombings was given by President Harry Truman. Except in very specific situations, only the President can authorize the use of nuclear weapons. Historians cite the failure of Japan to surrender despite devastating firebombings of Japanese cities and the decimation of their naval forces. Had they admitted defeat, atomic bombs might not have been necessary, and the world's history might have been very different.
President Kennedy saw US nuclear weapons as a tool of deterrence against Russian aggression and necessary for securing mutually assured destruction.