The use of the atomic bomb against Japanese civilians and military personnel was a morally acceptable method to end World War II because when you have to tools to stop a war against a country that was in total war then using those tools would benefit the majority verses the few. Japan being a small country as it is still had two major cities in which were a major factor that could make or break their army, their supplies for that army, the development of new warfare/ technology, and their ability to run keep on running their government. Secondly, with given the circumstances of there being 2 million men in the Japanese army that are prepared to defend Japan, this causes problems for the United States because if they tried to invade or attack …show more content…
British, French, Russian, and American forces were spread very thin and were constantly being depleted. There came a point when there was the great race of who could build a bomb fast enough and use it. America had won this race, thankfully, and used it on the one thing they needed to shut down, Japan. Japan at the time was producing many weapons and supplying it to Germany and keep on doing so using a large amount of their resources to do so. America took their bomb as their opportune moment to rid one major problem that kept aiding the other major problem. When they dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki there intent was to not only stop the Japanese, but to also prevent any future recovery that could benefit the Germans. Once the bombs hit 90,000 people and some civilians died from the explosion and 60,00 - 80,000 more died from burns and radiation. This ultimately set back Japan and eliminated them as a threat from that point. Some might argue that it depends on the participation of the civilian populations in the war effort, but if you look at the situation the bomb was meant to put an ultimate end to any chance of Japan ever fighting back at that point. Now Germany was