Was the Bomb Dropped on Japan Justified?

On July 25, 1945, President Truman ordered the military to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. The United States warned Japan that they would face "prompt and utter destruction" unless Japan surrenders. Japan refused. On August 6, Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb named Little Boy over Hiroshima, an important military base. Japan still did not surrender. On August 9, the second bomb named Fat Man was released on Nagasaki. By the end of the year, approximately 200,000 people died from injuries and radiation from the atomic explosions. Emperor Hirohito surrendered in September. The bomb never sho…