Introduction

Thesis: Harry Truman felt that the extreme decision to drop the bomb on the Japanese was necessary to protect everybody. He also didn’t want the war to continue on any longer so he decided to end the war quickly. He is justified because they say, “All is fair in love and war.” Harry Truman had a huge decision to make after only being president for a short time. He was pressured heavily and was very nervous when making his decision. He would have had to consider all the pros and cons before being able to even consider one of his options. He also had a full invasion of Japan planned out. But he didn’t want to have any Americans get hurt by the Japanese soldiers. The soldiers were known for their brutality and craziness. Truman was only trying to make sure that the war ended as early as it could have because nobody really wanted to fight anymore. Once the two bombs were unleashed on the Japanese people and military, Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration which ordered for the unconditional surrender from Japan. When the nuclear bomb was unveiled its devastation rocked the entire world. The world had not seen any kind of bomb anywhere similar to that of the atomic bomb. This made America seem as if they were the leaders in technology and modern warfare. The US had succeeded in stopping the war immediately. The use of the atomic bombs was very strategic and precise. Both of the bombs were dropped within days of each other to make sure that Japan had no recovery time. All in all, the dropping of the two atomic bombs in Japan put an end to the second world war and saved potentially thousands of American lives.