The US had basically crippled Japan over the prior few months with fire bombing Tokyo. 2 days earlier we dropped the biggest bomb in history and Japan was ready to concede. Today is the day we decided to send a message and do it again. It wasnt necessary to win the war, but the US wanted the entire world to know they shouldn't fvck with us. We killed a lot of people that didn't have to die to send that message.
Was it the right thing to do?
Was it the right thing to do?