<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xtremerunnerars &#064; Apr 30 2006, 03&#58;34 PM) [snapback]167218[/snapback]</div>
Also, that allowed us to stop worrying about japan, and stop the nazis. Otherwise, hitler may have developed other weapons while we were fighting the japs, tortured more ethnic groups, etc.
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Hitler was defeated before the atomic bombs were dropped.

President Truman did have to make one of the most hardest decisions, he concluded that more lives would be lost trying to invade Japan, than dropping the bomb. If the US invaded Japan, it was estimated that over a million American soldiers would die, countless more Japanese civilians as well as the scourging of the land. Although some have said that there are other reasons: a signal to the Soviet Union to back off.

And also, did you really think the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour because they wanted to try to beat the US? The United States gave them no other choice unless they wanted to disgrace themselves by backing down. There is no doubt the Japanese were highly militaristic and aggressive, the US imposed economic sanctions (embargo on steel, oil), froze their assets in America, and sent a hostile note to the Japanese government, somewhat of an ultimatum, in response to it.

The &#39;ultimatum&#39; demanded Japan to withdraw from Indochina, and withdraw from its alliance with Germany and Italy. While this may seem legitimate to do, the United States were following an isolationist policy and thus why should they care what the Japanese are doing in IndoChina? No country could accept these demands, that is like saying the British Empire should give up all that it had gained. America might&#39;ve been surprised by the attack on Pearl Harbour, but Washington certainly wasn&#39;t.