Truman Advantages And Disadvantages

Option #1 –Truman could have relied on relentless b-29 bombing raids on Japanese cities combine with naval blockade to wear down Japanese resistance and force their surrender.
Advantages –
1. Would had led to the Japanese surrender
2. Gained full control over Japanese
Disadvantages –
1. Put troops, pilots, and sailors at risk
2. More Japanese people would have died than in the two atomic raids
Option #2 –By demonstrating the atomic bomb it would have shown the Japanese they faced total destruction if they did not surrender.
Advantages –
1. Thousands of Japanese would have had to die
2. Us would have not lost a number of troops
Disadvantages –
1. The atomic bomb was new technology and a demonstration could have failed
2. Japanese would