Questioning The Military Necessity Of Dropping Atomic Bombs On Japanese Cities – OpEd

By Trenton Hale*

One of the most devastating moments in American history took place on August 6 and August 9, 1945, with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Approximately three hundred thousand civilians, forty-three thousand soldiers, forty-five thousand Korean slave laborers, and over a thousand American citizens...