How did the fighting in Iwo Jima and Okinawa affect the Allies' Pacific strategy? A. It was decided that the Soviet Union would begin to send troops to the Pacific. B. US admirals abandoned the island-hopping strategy for air assaults. C. Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on mainland Japan. D. The Allies and Japan agreed to a status quo stalemate in the Pacific.

"Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on mainland Japan" is the one among the following choices given that the fighting in Iwo Jima and Okinawa affect the Allies' Pacific strategy. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the third option or option "C". I hope it helps you.

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scouteo scouteo · Answer 2 · 2019-07-30T01:25:33+02:00

The correct answer is C) Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on mainland Japan.

The fighting in Iwo Jima and Okinawa affected the Allies' Pacific strategy in that Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on mainland Japan.

On August 6, 1945, United States President Harry Truman authorized the dropping of a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. The explosion killed 180000 people. On August 9, Truman ordered dropping another nuclear bomb, now in Nagasaki, Japan, jilling other 100000 people. The radiation produced by the bombs damage other thousands of people closed to these areas.