In the summer of 1945, the United States president, Harry Truman had possibly one of the biggest decisions of his career to make. The United States could either continue on in the war for an uncertain amount of time or the United States could drop the end all be all atomic bomb. President Truman was justified in the dropping of the atomic bomb because it was necessary to quickly end the war and save millions of American lives.
The Allied powers were in the midst of preparing for a full invasion of Japan, this invasion was predicted to cost up to one million American lives, Allied lives, as well as countless Japanese lives. Through the long and bloody wars, the Japanese proved time and time again that they would not surrender, which discouraged the allied powers against the invasion of Japan. Since the United States knew that Japan would rather sacrifice their entire country than admit defeat, President Truman and his advisors came to the conclusion that it was necessary to drop the two atomic bombs. The United States utilized statistics and current death rates of the time, to weigh invading Japan against dropping the atomic bombs. It was determined that it would have cost far more American lives to invade, than the dropping of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Harry Truman’s primary motive was to end the war and save as many American lives as possible.
The Allied powers were in the midst of preparing for a full invasion of Japan, this invasion was predicted to cost up to one million American lives, Allied lives, as well as countless Japanese lives. Through the long and bloody wars, the Japanese proved time and time again that they would not surrender, which discouraged the allied powers against the invasion of Japan. Since the United States knew that Japan would rather sacrifice their entire country than admit defeat, President Truman and his advisors came to the conclusion that it was necessary to drop the two atomic bombs. The United States utilized statistics and current death rates of the time, to weigh invading Japan against dropping the atomic bombs. It was determined that it would have cost far more American lives to invade, than the dropping of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. President Harry Truman’s primary motive was to end the war and save as many American lives as possible.
