The Atomic bombs and President Truman’s decision to use them will always be up for debate. From the political standpoint it was the right thing to do for the survival of America’s troops and America. Hindsight is 20/20 and looking back on what has happened in the past and deciding whether it was right or wrong is impossible. President Truman was faced with a tough decision, end the war quickly with less loss of American life or face an invasion of Japan that could have killed a million US troops. He took the route that to him seemed the best to take, end it quickly and save millions of American lives. Many believed that Japan would only surrender with a large show of force. There was a planned invasion of Japan called Operation Downfall that
