HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Winston Churchill
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Harry S. Truman
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Joseph Stalin
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Detailed explanation-1: -After President Roosevelt died on April 12th, 1945, it became Harry Truman’s job to decide how to end the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -In recent years historians and policy analysts have questioned President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. For President Truman, the decision was a clear-cut one. In 1945, America was weary of war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct option is option A which Truman did not want the Soviets to enter the pacific war and make Japan surrender. Truman made it clear that he thought the use of atomic weapons was necessary to force Japan to submit without a U.S. invasion of the Home Islands.
Detailed explanation-4: -“The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended World War II. There can be no doubt of that. While they brought death and destruction on a horrifying scale, they averted even greater losses – American, English, and Japanese”.