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President Harry Truman had many alternatives at his disposal for ending the war: invade the Japanese mainland, hold a demonstration of the destructive power of the atomic bomb for Japanese dignitaries, drop an atomic bomb on selected industrial Japanese cities, bomb and blockade the islands, wait for Soviet entry into the war on August 15, or mediate a compromised peace.
At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.
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Who destroyed the atomic bomb?
nobody the united states just droped it on hiroshima and nagasaki
What did the United states use in the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to end the war?
atomic bomb
What part of japan did America attack with a nuclear bomb?
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki RB
Dropping the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War 2.
What were all the cities destroyed by the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What was the population of nagasaki after the atomic bomb?
the population of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was 166,000.
When was Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum created?
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum was created in 1955.
Who destroyed the atomic bomb?
nobody the united states just droped it on hiroshima and nagasaki
Which 2 Japanese cities did the united states drop the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki .
Which country dropped atomic bomb on nagasaki?
United States under President Truman.
Was nagasaki hit by an atomic bomb?
Yes it was one of the targets for an atomic bomb.
What effect did the atomic bomb have on hiroshima and nagasaki?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Where did the atomic bomb fall?
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, by the United States during World War II. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
Where in japan did the second atomic bomb explode?
Nagasaki
What is a land marke in Nagasaki?
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
What were the two cities where the atomic bomb was dropped?
the two cities the United States destroyed with atomic bombs were Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What did the United states use in the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to end the war?
atomic bomb
