President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 on the grounds that the...
A. world was ready for a demonstration of nuclear power
B. Axis powers deserved total destruction
C. early ending of the war would save many lives
D. American public demanded that the bombs be used
Answer: C. early ending of the war would save many lives
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A) Spanish Reconquest B) Pillars of Islam C) Macedonian Renaissance D) Iconoclastic Controversy
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What will be an ideal response?