POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
RECONSTRUCTION OF JAPANS GOVERNMENT
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Question
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Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
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He wanted to get revenge on the Japanese for bombing Pearl Harbor.
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He knew that it would save many American lives and that Japan would eventually surrender.
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The American people called for President Truman to drop the bombs in retaliation for Pearl Harbor.
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So Japan would give the U.S. it’s many natural resources.
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Explanation:
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.
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