HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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President of the US who decided to use atomic bombs in Japan
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Truman
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FDR
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Hoover
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Garfield
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As president, it was Harry Truman’s decision if the weapon would be used with the goal to end the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Oppenheimer says farewell to Los Alamos (Oct. He told the President, “I feel I have blood on my hands.” Truman replied the blood was on his hands: “Let me worry about that.” The incident bothered Truman, who later referred in a letter to Oppenheimer as “a cry-baby scientist.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Truman’s written approval, in late July 1945, to drop the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan.
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