User blog comment:Gen.Cain/Atom Bomb: Yes or No/@comment-1733984-20100414214249

The Atomic Bomb was the only option the US had to end the war with Japan. After invading many small islands that were in Japanese controll we saw that even civilians would take there own life rather then be captured by the US. So it was a no brainer that any Japanese soldier would also take there own life. Instead of invading the Japanese mainland and risking more US and British lifes we decided to drop the bomb. We did drop flyers to tell them what our intentions were but sadly the translation was incorrect and it did not say waht we wanted it to say. Also the A bomb was so top secreat that Truman didnt even know about till he became president.