WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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They didn’t like the name
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It was too expensive to make the bombs.
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They were concerned with the number of civilians who would be killed and that it would violate international law.
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There was no opposition. All of the advisors were in favor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Truman believed that the bombs saved Japanese lives as well. Prolonging the war was not an option for the President. Over 3, 500 Japanese kamikaze raids had already wrought great destruction and loss of American lives. The President rejected a demonstration of the atomic bomb to the Japanese leadership.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Why did President Truman decide to use atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? The US wanted to avoid the casualties resulting from an invasion of Japan and to end the war quickly.