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Why didn't President Truman authorize a demonstration of the atomic bomb first instead of choosing to drop it on Japan?

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User Jenina
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It may have been a political choice, as a demonstration of the destructive power of an atomic bomb to the public may have diminished the support for dropping said bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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User Ben Curthoys
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He could either let the destructive personnel keep destroying america, or he could drop the atomic bomb because the Japanese government was refusing to reconcile and surrender.

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