Why did harry truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on japan? advisers misled him to believe that the atomic bomb was much safer than other weapons of the day. he thought that far fewer people would die from an atomic bomb than from a military invasion of japan. he thought if he destroyed tokyo with an atomic bomb, japan would surrender. atomic bombs had not yet been tested, and he wanted to find out how powerful they were.

President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

its B because if there was a invasion of japan then there could have been over a million casulties

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook