Ethicality Of Hiroshima Bombing

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On August 6th of 1945, an American B-29 bomber plane took off from the island of Tinian towards Japan. At approximately 8:15 am, the first atomic bomb used in war-time was dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later, the second atomic bomb fell upon the city of Nagasaki. The infrastructural, psychological, and physical damage of the atomic weaponery affected survivors and Japan for decades. Questioning of the ethicality of the bombing remains today. The attack on Pearl Harbor, a United States naval base in Hawaii, is what prompted the United States to enter World War II in 1941. This attack led the United States to seek Japanese surrender, which became one of many reasons for the atomic bomb drop. The United States also reasoned the bombing as