Explain whether President Truman and the United States were justified in using the atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender. Be sure to support your claim by including relevant facts and evidence.

President Truman and the United States were not justified in using the atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender

Explanation:

President Truman and the United States using the atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender is one of the darkest chapter of history and closed the World war with an ever present threat of nuclear warfare that could erupt in the world anytime.

The reason given for the swift end of the war effort is not worth the risk that the people of Japan were put and the massive casualties of regular people which was simply glossed over.

It continues to pollute the environment of japan to this day and has proved to be the beginning of a large nuclear standoff between big nations of the world