Japanese city of Hiroshima.(Source 1) The Enola Gay, piloted by

Colonel Tibbetts, was chosen to make the mission. The mission was

recorded as successful by Capt. William S. Parson at 9:20 A.M.(Source 1)

This was an extremely controversial military strategy in the United

States.(Source 2) Was the United States justified in the dropping of the

atomic bomb?.(Source 2) Yes, they were justified for many reasons.

The primary reason was, that it would stop the war. this war was

needed to be stopped very badly.(Source 2) Even though in

some ways it was helping our economy, it was very costly in both

money and lives. Also, the United States soldiers were undergoing harsh

treatment by the unmerciful Japanese. (Source 1)Another reason the

war needed to be stopped was to defend ourselves from another

attack on U.S. soil, which in turn would kill many of our U.S. citizens. This is

why the war needed to be stopped; thus, justifying the use of the

atomic bomb. (Source 1)World War II was the costliest war in history, in

terms of lives lost. No exact figures exist, but approximately between 15

6,000 dead American civilians into 9,000 dead civilians.(Source 2) That

United States would have lost about a million soldiers.(Source 2) The

of Nanking, the Japanese killed 100,000 Chinese civilians. They were

such a horrible thing should be reason enough to drop the atomic

when a Japanese soldier decided to blow himself up instead of

burned, butchered, and raped. Sometimes the Japanese would tie a

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