GK
WORLD HISTORY
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President Truman wanted to gain the trust of the Soviet Union sothey would declare war against Japan.
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President Truman wanted to use the bomb because so much moneyhad been invested in its development.
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President Truman wanted to end the war quickly and with as fewAmerican casualties as possible.
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President Truman wanted to punish the Japanese government andpeople for their bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Truman stated that his decision to drop the bomb was purely military. A Normandy-type amphibious landing would have cost an estimated million casualties. Truman believed that the bombs saved Japanese lives as well. Prolonging the war was not an option for the President.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. wanted to force a quick surrender by the Japanese to reduce the number of American lives lost. In addition, it was secretly decided at the Yalta Summit in February 1945 that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Truman and others in his administration, the use of the atomic bomb was intended to cut the war in the Pacific short, avoiding a U.S. invasion of Japan and saving hundreds of thousands of American lives.