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The Atomic Bomb And Japan
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On August 6th, 1945, 70, 000 lives were ended in a matter of seconds. The United States had dropped a bomb on Hiroshima. Looking back on Truman's decision. Today, it is not thought of as such a good idea. It introduced a weapon of mass destruction that could eventually be used against us, it pro ....
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.... 000 to 5 million Japanese would lose their lives in the case of an invasion. Whereas the atomic bomb was estimated to have killed 110, 000 which is much less than the possible 5 million if there had been an invasion. Thus, Truman justified the invasion as "the lesser of two evils." The purpose of the atomic bombs, according to the former Secretary of War Henry Stimson "was to end the war in victory with the least possible cost in the lives of the men in the armies which I had helped to raise.... |
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