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 -