Should US have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?

World War II was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, which involved most of the world's nations, including all of the great powers: eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. The Axis consisted mainly of the Germans and the Japanese, while the Allies consisted of the large superpowers like Britain, the US and the Soviet Union. In the war, over 60 million people were killed, far more than that of World War I. As for the end of the war, one of the most significant reasons as to why it ended, was the US dropping the two atomic bombs onto Japan, Little Boy and Fat Man. However, was it necessary to drop the atomic bomb and massacre thousands at that time in order to stop the war?

In my personal opinion, the United States decision of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan was a necessary decision: they were not wrong in dropping those two catastrophic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Despite the tragic lives lost in the process, the entire war was stopped mainly because of the dropping of the bombs. Imagine for a moment that the bombs were not dropped, and the war continued on for another few months: a even greater number of lives would have been affected. Therefore, the dropping of the atomic bomb was a right decision.

Some people may say that the level of severity in which the US used to stop the war was a bit high, it was said that the US had tried different methods by firebombing the different cities of Japan, but the war had still no signs of ending. Some may say that the lives lost during the bombing were all innocent lives, however the laws of war does not state that civilians cannot be targeted.

In conclusion, the US's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was a justifiable decision as it resulted in the end of the war in an instant.