WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Kill as many Japanese as possible
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Stop Japan form building its own atomic bomb
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Hurt Japan’s ability to continue to wage war.
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Stop the Emperor from increasing morale and the will to fight by visiting troops.
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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: -Summary of Possible Reasons: Simply using the bomb because it existed and to test its effects. Impressing the Soviet Union. A response to Pearl Harbor. Forcing Japan to surrender.
Detailed explanation-3: -He argued that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced the Japanese to surrender quickly, thus avoiding an invasion that would have cost the lives of thousands of Americans. “I’d do it again, ” Truman often said. Truman’s advisers had focused mainly on the choice between an invasion and dropping the bomb.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Truman was threatened looking at Japan increasing power in world. He believed that to end war its important to halt Japan’s power, so it dropped atomic bomb on Japan to shorten or end war and to save United states people from wrath of war.