Question

The massive number of allied deaths and casualties suffered at the battle of Okinawa contributed to which of the following decisions

a. American generals sought greater support from the Soviet Union

b. Allied commanders halted the island hopping strategy

c. Stalin and the Soviet leadership decided not to support the Americans

d. The dropping of the atomic bomb

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The correct answer is C) Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on mainland Japan.

The fighting in Iwo Jima and Okinawa affected the Allies' Pacific strategy in that Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on mainland Japan.

On August 6, 1945, United States President Harry Truman authorized the dropping of a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. The explosion killed 180000 people. On August 9, Truman ordered dropping another nuclear bomb, now in Nagasaki, Japan, jilling other 100000 people. The radiation produced by the bombs damage other thousands of people closed to these areas.

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