Justifying Hiroshima and Nagasaki: An Analysis

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Into: On August 6, 1945, the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. There had been feuds relating to the justification of the bombing for decades. Was the U.S justified? It depends on your vantage point. “Japan had no allies; its navy was almost destroyed; its islands were under a naval blockade; and its cities were undergoing concentrated air attacks.” This nuclear bomb, named Little Boy was dropped as a devastating attack in an attempt to make Japan surrender, and destroyed Hiroshima as over 70,000 people were instantly killed.

Thesis: The atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not a correct way to ending the war the United States because it caused many medical

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