USA HISTORY

The major reason for President Harry Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was the

(A) ** potential loss of American lives from an invasion of Japan

(B) need to defeat Japan before defeating Germany

(C) plan to bring democratic government to Japan after the war

(D) failure of the island-hopping campaign against Japan

Concept note-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.