Read President Truman’s comment about his decision to use the atomic bomb."I knew what I was doing when I stopped the war that would have killed half a million youngsters on both sides if those bombs had not been dropped. I have no regrets and, under the same circumstances, I would do it again.”–President Harry S. Truman

Truman says that without the bombs, the war would have continued and killed half a million young people on both sides. This supports the idea that he believed using the atomic bomb would stop the war. The correct choice is “The war would continue if he did not use the atomic bomb.”

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