Question

Question: President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945 because (1 point)

Responses:

the Japanese were planning to use an atomic bomb of their own on the United States.

Congress would not fund an invasion of the Japanese mainland.

it was the last hope the U.S. had of winning the war.

it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

Answer 1

it would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths that an invasion of Japan would cause.

Truman and his advisers believed dropping the bombs would force a rapid Japanese surrender and avoid the massive Allied and Japanese casualties expected from a mainland invasion.