Who was the U.S. President at the time of the Hiroshima bombing?

Answer 1

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States who accepted the responsibility for authorizing the use of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese at Hiroshima. This was a courageous decision, necessary to bring the war in Japan to an end as soon as possible. Although it cost the lives of many in Japan, it undoubtedly saved the lives of many thousands of American men.

Because of the tactics used by the Japanese, specifically their tendency to defend to the death, conventional war on the mainland of Japan would likely have resulted in the deaths of many hundreds of thousands more Japanese (both military and civilian) than were killed in the atomic blasts. As the U.S. was determined to win the war, and because the Japanese were so fiercely defending their homeland, losses on both sides would have been terrible.

Answer 2

At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.

Answer 3

Harry Truman was president when the atomic bomb was dropped.

Answer 4

Harry S. Truman

Answer 5

Harry S Truman

Answer 6

Harry S. Truman

Answer 7

President Truman.

Answer 8

Truman