Why did president Truman use the atomic bomb instead of finding another way?
Germany and Italy were gone, defeated. From 7 May, 1945 WWII was essentially the 51 nations of the Allies vs. Japan. A pretty evenly matched war, if you ask me… The explanation for Truman’s decision was for a political purpose. Roosevelt had made a deal with Stalin that Russia would interfere in the Pacific War within 3 months after the war in Europe had ended. Truman was against this. He did not want to see communist Russia staking claims all over Asia like they were doing in Europe. This virtually ruled out the possibility of the US co-operating with Russia to end WWII. With no navy, no air force, their armies losing in China, their people at home starving to death, American bombers ruling their skies, an effective American sea blockade in place, Russia having just declared war on them, and with martial law imposed, Japan was essentially defeated by August 1945. No atomic bombs or a costly US invasion was militarily necessary to end WWII. Truman dropped atomic bombs in a frantic at
