Harry Truman gave the order to drop the bomb because
a) he saw it as a means to end the war and save lives.
b) he had always hated the Japanese and wanted to kill as many of them as possible.
c) he wanted to prove his presidential powers.
d) Britain's leader, Winston Churchill, convinced him to drop it.
e) he did not understand the power of the bomb and thought it was just a large conventional bomb.
a
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