The Atomic Bomb: A Strategic Decision in Winning World War II The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked the end to the world's largest military conflict. Although many debates have surfaced over the ethics of such an attack, I feel that it was more than justified. Looking back it is easy to see that the bomb itself caused massive amounts of casualties. In addition to that, there were many more casualties amongst the survivors …
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…politics seemed useless. It was the only thing that could have crushed Japanese spirits enough to convince them to surrender and that is part of the reason why it was such a strategic move. In convincing the Japanese to surrender, the war basically petered out. Because the war was ended as a direct result to the dropping of the bomb, it was a very good call and it created a Strategical victory in the WAR.