SSC
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 did not seek to destroy Japanese culture or people; the goal was to destroy Japan’s ability to make war. So, on the morning of August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped the world’s first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima.
Detailed explanation-2: -The losses at Okinawa convinced US war planners that any invasion of Japan would incur unacceptable casualties. Their estimates, at worst as many as 1 million US servicemen, were a key factor in President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb.
Detailed explanation-3: -What impact did the US development of the atomic bomb have on World War II? After the US dropped atomic bombs on two major cities in Japan, Japan surrendered. After the US dropped atomic bombs on two major cities in Germany, Germany surrendered.
Detailed explanation-4: -It razed and burnt around 70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140, 000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors.