President Truman dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki because he
A) thought bombing Tokyo would have left Japan without a government to surrender.
B) wanted to persuade the Soviet Union to intervene in the fight against Japan.
C) hoped to bring the war to a quick end and save lives.
D) did not have enough U.S. soldiers for a conventional invasion of Japan.
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