On August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese
             city of Hiroshima. The Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Tibbetts, was
             chosen to make the mission. The mission was recorded as successful by
             Capt. William S. Parson at 9:20 A.M. This was an extremely
             controversial military strategy in the United States. Was the United
             States justified in the dropping of the atomic bomb? Yes, they were
             justified for many reasons. The primary reason was, that it would stop
             the war. Why is it that this war needed to be stopped so badly? Even
             though in some ways it was helping our economy, it was very costly in
             both money and lives. Also, the United States soldiers were undergoing
             harsh treatment by the unmerciful Japanese. Another reason the war
             needed to be stopped was to defend ourselves from another attack on
             U.S. soil, which in turn would kill many of our U.S. citizens. This is
             why the war needed to be stopped; thus, justifying the use of the
             atomic bomb. World War II was the costliest war in history, in terms
             of lives lost. No exact figures exist, but approximately between 15
             and 20 million military personnel were killed. Of these, 292,000 were
             Americans and 6,000 innocent United States citizens were murdered by
             our enemies. It has been estimated that if the United States had not
             dropped the bomb and had invaded Japan instead, the United States
             would have lost about a million soldiers. The Japanese suicidal
             fighting strategies greatly effected this number. The Japanese would
             rather die than surrender. This is demonstrated by the battle of
             Saipan. At this battle over half of the population of Saipan walked
             off a cliff instead of surrendering to the United States. This was
             often very effective. Many times when a Japanese soldier decided to
             blow himself up instead of surrendering he would kill many Americans
             with the same blast. Also the kamikaze techniques of the Ja...