Was it ethical to drop atomic bombs on Japan in WWII?

Ethical? Absolutely! It was the only way to get the Japanese to stop fighting. A question like this is insulting by assuming that the United States did something wrong when we defended ourselves and bombed their cities. read more

The fire bombings of the cities had killed far more people than the atomic bombs did, but the atomic bombs had become a change in quantity that was a change in quality. Even at the very end, it was only the direct intervention of the Emperor who only just barely prevailed over the military who wanted to fight on. read more

Truman committed a war crime by using atomic bombs but he was saved from hanging because he was on the winning side. Gen. Curtis LeMay lamented that if the US lost the war he would've been hanged for war crimes for the firebombing of Japanese cities, let alone the atomic bombings. read more

In August 1945 American military air forces dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima (6 August) and of Nagasaki (9 August). These bombings were not caused by military necessity, and served primarily political aims. They inflicted enormous damage on the peaceable population. read more