Explanation: President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
The first choice: The French Navy cut off supplies and a way to escape for the British Army. In addition American and French ground forces well outnumbered British forces.
