Introduction

August 6, 1945, the United States dropped a large atomic bomb known as "Little Boy" onto the city of Hiroshima, resulting in the deaths of 90,000-166,000 citizens. Three days later they dropped a similar bomb named "Big Daddy" onto the city of Nagasaki, which killed 60,000-80,000 citizens. I believe the United States was unjustified to drop these bombs because it had wiped out a whole city which resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. Even though Hiroshima and Nagasaki were two of the main industrial cities, most of the population were innocent civilians. Families were obliterated in seconds, most likely ending a whole legacy of families who have lived in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those who did not die immediately later died painfully from their wounds or from radiation poisoning. These bombs were not served to simply defeat the Japanese, who is believed to have already been scrambling to surrender, but to show the Japanese and the rest of their enemies that they had risen as the dominant power.