Truman authorized dropping the bombs on Japan because even though the bombing would cause great casualties in Japan it would save American lives, and help end the war faster. Both cities, Nagasaki, and Hiroshima were left in ruins. Short term wise, the cities were infested with radiation. Long term wise the children of people who were affected by radiation were born with diseases, and birth defects. The bombings ended the war in the Pacific the U.S had shown how powerful it could be. The Japanese were to damage to take another shot at the U.S, the Japanese were forced to surrender.
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