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WW II – July, 1945.
They had color photographsDidn’t use the word “atomic bomb”.
WAS THE UNITED STATES JUSTIFIED IN DROPPING THE BOMBS?
Source 2- an alternate option was to invade japan home Islands on around November
1, 1945.- The bomb made the decision easier for Truman - The idea that Truman had to chose between the bomb and an invasion to
defeat japan is a myth that took hold in the united states after wwII- Truman was committed to ending the war as soon as possible- Nobody told him that invasion would cost hundreds of thousands of lives - He did not need estimates of casualties to use the bomb - No contemporaneous evidence that he received projections of such losses. - Japan was already at tight constraints, - It was not necessary to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of American
troops. Source 3 -
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