Based on the excerpt below, President Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primary based on which of the following? "We have used it [nuclear bomb] against those who attacked without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have abandoned thę pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans" President H. Truman, Aug. 6th 1945 An invasion of Japan would result in excessive casualties Japan was in the process of developing its own atomic weapons Germany would refuse to surrender in Europe An alliance was developing between Japan and the Soviet Union

Based on the excerpt below, President Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primary based on which of the following? "We have used it [nuclear bomb] against those who attacked without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have abandoned thę pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans" President H. Truman, Aug. 6th 1945 An invasion of Japan would result in excessive casualties Japan was in the process of developing its own atomic weapons Germany would refuse to surrender in Europe An alliance was developing between Japan and the Soviet Union