War is an inevitable part of life, whether it's a mere confrontation or an all out battle. During large scale wars people will die, from soldiers to innocent bystanders. On August 6, 1945 Truman had to make a decision, if he was going to sacrifice many allied powers lives or 2 cities in Japan. In the end he made the right decision. He made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb.

World War 2 was a technological war. Aircraft were now more maneuverable and could fly further without having to refuel. Secretly a new bomb was being created in which the world could barely imagine the destructive force it possessed. Albert Einstein speculated that enormous energy might be released if atoms could be split in a certain way. With this said President Roosevelt set forth the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project developed into one of the largest and greatest engineering projects of all time. It involved the building of 37 installations in the United States and Canada. With the Atomic Bomb made America had the upper hand.

Truman offered Japan an unconditional surrender. Japan refused. The only alternative to the use of the atomic bomb Chur

On June 18, General Douglas MacArthur concurred with the Joint War Plans Committee's low estimates. In a memo, "Urgent from General MacArthur to General Marshall" which was attached with the estimate reports, the head commander of the Allied forces to the Pacific stated that he doesn't anticipate a "high rate of loss' of lives and casualties in an attack against Japan. As a matter of fact General MacArthur "regards the operation as the most economical one in effort and lives that is possible" (Takaki 24). Where Truman's actual statistics come from no one knows. Truman still had a second main reason, which was the bitterness Americans had toward the Japanese from the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Truman said in 1963:

I... asked Stimson to indicate on the map what cities the military would favor as targets, if Japan did not surrender, and we had to use the bomb. Among the targets was Hiroshima, an army center and a military supply port; and, Nagasaki, a major seaport containing large industrial establishments.

World. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949.

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