Question

Why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan when he knew the

casualties would be
high?

Answer 1

The war was still raging, so Truman wanted the earliest possible end to the Pacific war, and he wanted it without the need for an American ground invasion of the Japanese islands. He knew sending his soldiers would be deadly and dangerous, then would cost majority of them their lives.

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