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Explain Two Reasons Why Truman Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Japan

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Two reasons that president Truman dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan. One reason that Truman dropped the bomb on japan was he wanted to shorten the war to save soldiers lives. If truman hadn't made the call thousands of American soldiers would have been killed storming the beaches of japan, just like when they stormed the beaches of normandy fighting the germans in the european theater. A second reason that Truman wanted to drop the bomb was to send a message to the soviet union to say don't mess us after the war was over. At this point many countries were trying to create the Atomic Bomb but we were first in this race. The president did not want to get into another war after just being in two wars within 30 years. Many countries wanted peace
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