Based on the excerpt below, President Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs against Japans 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 the 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 Truman’s Press Release August, 6, 1945

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Based on the excerpt below, President Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs against Japans 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 the 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 Truman’s Press Release August, 6, 1945

 
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