How Is The Atomic Bomb Justified

The attacks, with atomic bombs, to Japan to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is still a controversial topic among historians. Some argue that use of such weapons can never be justified, even in times of war, because it clearly goes against the human life. However, others believe that using the atomic weapons was the best way the end the war because this made it as quick as possible. In this essay I will explain what were the psychological effects, in the Japanese people, that came with the use of this weapons.

On August 6 of 1945, in Hiroshima, Japan, a five ton bomb was dropped by the American bomber Enola Gay. This bomb destroyed four square miles and kill around 80,000 people immediately. Furthermore, three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki which killed 40,000 more people. On August 15, six days after the second bomb, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies which meant the end of the war. However, the dead didn’t stop there, over the next years massive amounts of people died due to the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition.

Firstly, they wanted to end the war as quick as possible; secondly, they did it as a response to the attack to the Pearl Harbor and finally they wanted to impress the soviets. But, did the United States regret this decision? Yes, My God, what have we done?" - Robert Lewis co-pilot of the Enola Gay (the bomber that bombed Hiroshima) and the scientist who made the bomb regretted because they knew something like this would and it started a new