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Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb?

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1 Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb?
Bell Ringer Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb?

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3 Europe and Japan in Ruins
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4 Devastation in Europe 40 million Europeans died
Cities reduced to ruble Displaced persons left homeless No water, electricity, and little food Thousands continued to die from famine and disease

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6 Nuremberg Trials 22 Nazi leaders charged with crimes against humanity and murder of 11 million people Several committed suicide Rest found guilty and burned at Dachau concentration camp

7 Postwar Japan General Douglas MacArthur and U.S. army oversee demilitarization Disbanding of Japanese military Also oversees democratization Wrote new constitution Helps revive economy Emperor no longer divine Created a parliament (Diet) Article 9: Japan could no longer make war Sept 1951: Signed a formal peace treaty with Japan

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