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No, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not justified
This position holds that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not justified. It argues they caused catastrophic civilian harm without actually forcing Japan's surrender — which it credits instead to the Soviet entry into the war — and were of dubious military necessity.
Supporting arguments · 2
- Nuclear weapons did not end the War, the USSR didSoviet intervention in the conflict was much more important in ending the War in the Pacific.
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki were indistinct from the rest of the US air campaignHiroshima and Nagasaki were not ethically distinct from the United States' failed bombing campaign against Japan.