<span> by influencing president truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on japan
The comparatively high losses on Iwo Jima and Okinawa lead many U.S military leaders to believe a invasion of mainland Japan would cost (depending on the estimate) upwards of 250,000 American lives, with some estimates going over one Million. This influenced Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs in the interest of a Japanese surrender without a invasion, but also halting the Soviet advance into manchuria. </span>
April 14-15, 1921 at Silver Lake in Colorado, 75.8 inches.
A. George W. Bush lost the popular vote, but won the presidency.
In both forms, powerful countries dominated weaker ones for economic gains.
