Truman Justified Dbq

President Truman’s decision to use atomic weapons on Japan was justified because it put an end to a horrific war, saved millions, and sprung the United States armed forces. The first piece of evidence supporting the claim is how the decision made by President Truman to use atomic weapons on Japan was rightfully justified because of the Japanese war mentality. President Truman's decision was justified because the fighting in the Pacific showed that the Japanese would do anything they could to win the war, they had men purposefully ceasing themselves for the country, and held brutal camps for American prisoners of war as we learned in class, and would do anything to win the war. One piece of evidence supporting the claim “against those who have

It stopped the fire raids, and the strangling blockade; it ended the ghastly specter of a clash of great land armies” (Doc 5). This quote from Henry Stimson explains how the fighting between Japan and America was like no other, the militaries were very powerful and that meant there would be more blood, and more death, and the use of the Atomic bomb was the least horrific outcome to the war. Secondly, the use of the atomic bomb saved many lives on both sides of the war, and that is another example of why Truman’s decision is justified. The reason President Truman’s decision is justified is because the bomb saved many lives on both sides of the war, even though there were innocent deaths, there would have been hundreds of thousands to even millions of deaths on each side of the war, so yes the decision is justified because it ended the chances of dying in war drastically. One piece of evidence from the pilot of the Enola Gay states “I am convinced that we saved more lives than we took. It would have been morally wrong if we’d have had that weapon and not used it and let a million more people die” (Doc