WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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[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: -The war had shown that the Japanese were fighting for the Emperor who convinced them that it was better to die than surrender. Women and children had been taught how to kill with basic weapons. Japanese kamikaze pilots could turn planes into guided missiles. The cost of invasion, they knew, would be high.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Prolonging the war was not an option for the President.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.