WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Czechs of a German invasion
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Americans in Hawaii of a Japanese attack
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Koreans of a Russian invasion
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Japanese civilians of a United States attack
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Detailed explanation-1: -Truman stated that his decision to drop the bomb was purely military. A Normandy-type amphibious landing would have cost an estimated million casualties. Truman believed that the bombs saved Japanese lives as well.
Detailed explanation-2: -Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945. TO THE JAPANESE PEOPLE: America asks that you take immediate heed of what we say on this leaflet.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main reason Japan would not surrender was that it did not want to get rid of the Emperor, a seemingly non-negotiable term for the U.S.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Truman authorized the use of the atom bombs in an effort to bring about Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. In the days following the bombings Japan surrendered. The Manhattan Project was the US government program during World War II that developed and built these first atomic bombs.