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In response to the japanese attack on pearl harbour which cost usa hundreds of lives and ships. The 2 cities are bombed on aug 8 , 1942. Truman chose the bombs rather than risk millions of American lives in an invasion of the Japanese mainland, following the extremely high causalities on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

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