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What you’ve been saying on Twitter and Facebook @ HistoryExtra: Was America’s atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WW2 justified? Dominic Romani Yes it was justified, and the arguments against the bomb show an appeal to emotions and an ignorance of the complicated situation the world was in at the time. America was not dropping A- bombs on an innocent and peaceful, defenceless society Eleanor McLees It is hard to judge with impartiality. War is a terrible evil and evil things were done by all sides. True, it ended the war sooner, but the bombs unleashed the horrors of atomic war. So I would say no. Nothing can justify death on that scale Lupe Torres Yes they were justified. If they did not drop the bombs the US would have had to invade Japan. In the process, many thousands of American soldiers would have died Philip Meers Part of military success is striking the first blow. Already far too many had died in the conflict, including the many innocent civilians caught up in the war. By making this attack, untold numbers of people were saved Jane Degnan War is hell. It ’s bloody and messy. Let’s not seek to justify it, rather to learn from its horrors and avoid it at all costs

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