Which of the following arguments decided the debate over using the atomic bomb against japan in 1945? using the bomb would destroy the armaments still available to japanese forces in japan. using the bomb would demonstrate the power of the united states to the entire world. using the bomb would shorten the war and avoid heavy casualties among invading troops. using the bomb would enable allied forces to invade and take over the japanese mainland.

The correct answer is Using the bomb would shorten the war and avoid heavy casualties among invading troops.

President Harry Truman predicted that if the US and Allied forces did not drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they would need to complete an enormous invasion in order to get the Japanese to surrender. Truman and his advisors predicted that this invasion would need to be similar in size to the Storming of Normandy in France. This type of invasion would result in millions of casualties between the Allied and Axis forces.

With this in mind, Truman believed that he was saving a significant amount of lives by using the atomic bomb instead of an invasion.

Using the bomb would shorten the war and avoid heavy casualties among invading troops.

Further Explanations:

President Harry Truman projected that the bomb was not dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Allied forced then they would have to charge enormous invasion against Japan to compel them to surrender. Truman was warned that the invasion would produce similar shattering as that created Storming of Normandy of France.  

Nuclear attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was commenced in August 1945, during the final phase of WWII. It was also an act of retaliation that helped to put an end to the “Pacific Theatre battle”. Before the attack, Japan was informed numerous times for submission or face mass destruction. The devastating conclusion was the ruining of the city Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Numerous inhabitants died because of the diffusion of nuclear gas in the atmosphere. Though the city was being rebuilt again the effect of bombing is seen even now. Four years ahead of it in 1949 Japan too developed its nuclear defense and begun the era of  “Nuclear triads”.

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Grade: High School

Subject: History

Chapter: WWII

Keywords:

massive retaliation, military, expansion, nuclear strategy, public, nation, counter-attack, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, United States, WWII, Pacific Theatre,President, Harry Truman, Allied forced,Nuclear triads.

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