Given what you know about the decision to use the atomic bomb, write a paragraph explaining why you would or would not have made the same decision. in your paragraph, be sure to explain which factor most influenced your thinking, and why.

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a complete atrocity. Thousands of Japanese people were instantly killed, but others died from painful radiation. Harry Truman made the decision to bomb both cities. I believe that this was a mistake for many reasons. The first being that the Japanese were ready to surrender. The second being that, as General Dwight Eisenhower said, "I hated to see my magnificent country be the first to use such an awful weapon."