What choices did Truman struggle with in the summer of 1945?

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He had two choices. Either he would drop the atomic bombs onto Japan and end the war immediately with severe losses on the Japanese side, or he would continue with a blockade and a beach invasion on Japanese territory. He decided to use nuclear weapons instead of sending soldiers to Japan because of a statistical analysis which claimed that more lives would be lost through an invasion than through usage of nuclear weapons.

seropon [69]3 years ago

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Do we drop the atomic bombs on the Japanese, or lead a offensive on the beachs of japan. (He later chose to drop the atom bombs, to save american lives.)

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