On August 6 and 9, 1945 the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was strictly military measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly diplomatic measure designed to force Japan's unconditional surrender. The three most important reasons to use the atomic bomb were; End War Quickly, Save Lives, and last but not least Revenge. Was dropping the bomb the right choice? We'll never know. All that is knowing is that the atomic bomb ended the war quickly.…
