Question

22. President Truman used atomic bombs to end the war primarily because

a. it prevented a US invasion of Japan
b. Hitler refused to surrender
c. the island hopping strategy was a failure
d. the Soviets would not agree to help the US fight Japan

Answer 1

A. it prevented a US invasion of Japan.

Step-by-step explanation:

President Truman believed that dropping the atomic bomb would actually minimize war casualties compared to invasion. Operation Downfall, as the invasion plan was called, was eventually turned down in favor of the A-bomb. An amphibious landing would've cost millions of allied lives and Japanese lives, and only prolong the war.