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Why did President Truman feel he had no choice but to drop the atomic bombs?

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The Japanese refused to surrender, and President Truman wanted to end the war quickly.
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President Truman felt he had no choice but to drop the atomic bombs because he felt that without the bomb, a costly invasion would be necessary.

Since Truman's advisers warned him that any attempt to invade Japan would lead to appaling American casualties, President Harry S. Truman ordered that the new weapon be implemented to quickly end the war. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.13 nov. 2009

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