Use the excerpt to answer
the question.
“Okinawa and Iwo Jima . . .
had rattled the President
and joint chiefs of staff. They
could see how costly it
would be to invade the
mainland. Truman knew
[they] would lose planes and
ships and men—and all the
Japanese. The enemy
leaders had said they would
all die fighting. The island
would just be a charred
cinder. That did push the
decision.”
—Joseph
Wheelan Bloody Okinawa:
The Last Great Battle of
World War II, 2021
What decision made by
President Truman after the
battles of Iwo Jima and
Okinawa does Wheelan
describe in this passage?
1 answer
The decision made by President Truman after the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa was to drop the atomic bombs on Japan in order to bring an end to the war.
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