Your opinions on the nukes dropped in Japan

[Waasuup]

Couple of days ago one of my professors, a Lebanese, said that the United States were Nazis to Drop nuclear bombs in Japan in WW2.

I was freekiing pissed as hell, and had a huge argument with him.
I think he just hates america for supporting Isreal.

What do you guys think about the Nukes in Japan, of course putting everthing that happened in the Second world war into account.

[Antimatty]

this conversation has been conducted on this forum many times, i suggest that you use the search option next time .

[T3ngu]

Not wanting to reopen an old thread but it was the cost of the lives of allied troops taking the rest of the japanese empire one bit at a time, or dropping the nukes.

I hate wiki references but


In early July, on his way to Potsdam, Truman had re-examined the decision to use the bomb. In the end, Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. His stated intention in ordering the bombings was to bring about a quick resolution of the war by inflicting destruction, and instilling fear of further destruction, that was sufficient to cause Japan to surrender.[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#cite_note-10) Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Plans_for_more_atomic_attacks_on_Japan)