The United States was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan. The Japanese were practicing total warfare, killing civilians and severely damaging other countries. A land attack would have resulted in the loss of an estimated one million lives, and it ended the war instantly.
SUMMARY
The U.S. and the Japanese fought battle after battle for six months, until the U.S. presented them with their final proposition, Potsdam Declaration. The Japanese ignored their warning, which lead to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We believe that this was a justified event because it saved millions of American and Japanese lives, it stopped the Japanese from further practicing total warfare, and it immediately ended the war.
