On the August 6, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, by the United States. A flash, stronger than the sun itself, followed by a fiery explosion within seconds completely annihilated the city. A few days later another Japanese city, Nagasaki, was obliterated by a second atomic bomb. These attacks were in an effort to end World War II promptly. But were these horrific attacks necessary? Japan had already been shattered in the previous year, Russia was on the verge of declaring war on Japan, and I believe the fairly new President Truman was steered into making the decision that would make history and science books by use of a technological weapon against a war enemy. Therefore, I believe the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary.

Prior to the decision to drop the atomic bomb, America had already...