Would Thomas E. Dewey have used atomic bombs?

Assuming two different Points of Divergence:

If Dewey had been elected President in 1944, would he have used the atomic bombs on Japan to end the Second World War? If he had been elected in 1948, would he have used atomic bombs in Korea? I don't know much if Dewey's character, but from what I do know, I suspect he would've used them in Japan, but not in Korea, like Truman.

Does anyone have any information on Dewey's views on the use of atomic bombs?
 
The answer to the first seems like a hard yes to me. We seriously overestimate how much consideration went into whether or not to use the bomb. Debates weren’t about whether to use it, but rather if it would support an invasion or be an alternative. Korea is dicier since the threat of retaliation is now on the table. My guess is he’d resist pressure from his party to do it.
 
Didnt I read somewhere fewer people died in the nuclear bommings, then in the firebombings

It’s true. Tokyo suffered more casualties than either Hiroshima or Nagasaki, and Dresden had as many dead as both those cities put together, IIRC.
 
Simple math , as soon as the estimates of US causalities if Japan is invaded are shown to any US politician, the bombs are deployed. Most destructive air raid in WW2 was the firebombing of Tokyo in Operation Meetinghouse ( March 9-10 1945 ) , 100,000+ dead ,1,000,000 total casualties . Dresden was only ( relative term as its horrific still ) 25,000 dead , the 200,000 sometimes quoted was German Propaganda and discredited by local authorities estimates after the war.
 
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