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Tell why president harry s. Truman decide to use atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and nagasaki

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The Japanese people would fight to the very last man, woman and child defending the homeland. They had no history of surrendering and only a massive blow could convince them otherwise. Truman also wanted to preserve American lives that would be lost invading the Japanese mainland.
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