sepulchral day. The United States had unleashed "Little Boy." "Little Boy" was an

extremely powerful, atomic bomb. "Little Boy" had killed some 80,000 people in the city

of Hiroshima (Hoare 18-20). Three days later an analogous situation had occurred in the

Japanese city of Nagasaki . This atomic bomb, "Fat Man," had killed another 100,000

people (Hoare 18-20). Many people were killed and many others were injured. Some

believe that the dropping of the atomic bombs was inhumane, but these people do not

realize what could have been lost if World War II would have continued any longer. The

United States had been fighting this massive war since 1941. Despite these lurid

occurrences, the United States was justified in the dropping of the atomic bombs on the

Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The dropping of the atomic bombs was, and still is, an extremely controversial

military strategy in the United States and all over the world. Many scientists believed that

it would be immoral to drop the atomic bomb on the two Japanese cities without warning

them, therefore, they began a petition (The Americans 751). Others supported

voiced his opinion. "Today the guns are silent. the skies no longer rain death - the seas

Imagine the number of casualties that could have occurred if this would have happened.

droppings of both atomic bombs. Men would have continued to be killed as a result of

48). Only 24 of them had actually hit their targets, however, most of these planes killed

me in the side and I was forced to bash the soldier over the head with a shovel and then

still would not surrender. "If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on

6 and August 9 of 1945. The Atomic Bomb also cut losses to a minimum and drew World

last drop of their blood. The Japanese would never let their country down. It was

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