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Which key rationale provided support for Truman's decision to bomb Japanese cities (ie Hiroshima and Nagasaki) with a nuclear weapon? [Select ALL that apply Invading Japan would extend the war by years. Congress voted to punish Japan for its attack on Pearl Harbor. The estimated allied casualties would exceed Pearl Harbor by 50,000. Stalin forced Truman to take decisive action focused on killing non combatants rather than destroying military targets. Churchill was planning on expanding the British Empire once again into the Pacific and needed the complete destruction of Japan.
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The key rationales that provided support for Truman's decision to bomb Japanese cities with nuclear weapons were:1. Invading Japan would extend the war by years.2. The estimated allied casualties would exceed Pearl Harbor by 50,000.