Even though Truman became president by the death of Roosevelt I"tmm sure he was concerned about reelection. People would not be happy about losing men that they did not have to lose in a war.
Also I think racism played in the role of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Out of all the countries we were at war with the Japanese were the most different concerning their race. In America the Japanese were viewed as yellow belly savages. With most of the American public hating the Japs this made it much easier to decide whether to drop the bomb.
Another factor that can be debated is dropping the bomb because of our relationship with Russia. When Roosevelt was president we had a rather lose relationship with Russia. Roosevelt was good with keeping the peace with Russia, this was highlighted with his lend lease program during the war. Truman took a different approach. He had what analyst called the "hard line" policy. Truman did not wish to negotiate with the Russians. Truman was ready to play hardball with the Russians. No one can say what was the reason for the dropping of the atomic bomb. Speculation is that o
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was a major factor as well. Even though Truman became president by the death of Roosevelt I"tmm sure he was concerned about reelection. People would not be happy about losing men that they did not have to lose in a war.
that we had the Atomic bomb if we needed it. So if we started to lose too many men we could pull out and then bomb them. Also I would maybe negotiate the terms of surrender with Japan which was an option. AS far as public opinion I would not worry because this was a very Patriotic war and as long as we won the war the public would not turn against the government. After all people do die in wars that is part of war. We had the upper hand anyway with the Japs because of the high kill ratio in our favor of 22 to 1. Lastly our problem with Russia did not go away when we bombed Japan. We still had to deal with Russia after the war so it would not make a difference. We still had an edge over Russia because we developed the first working Atomic Bomb. While I will never know ever detail of why the bomb was dropped with the information given I would not have dropped the bomb.
Another factor that can be debated is dropping the bomb beca
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