# Was Hiroshima necessary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 26, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-hiroshima-necessary/1031923 "2026-07-26T00:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-hiroshima-necessary/1031923/9 "2026-07-26T11:05:54Z")
Late add: To inject some substance into my post just above, I’ll quote my first post of several from that thread. > [@The use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was it justified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-use-of-the-atomic-bomb-in-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-was-it-justified/1021901/2): > > It was obviously justified tactically, strategically, and morally. This was total war and the enemy leadership was utterly unwilling to think of surrender before they received a game-changing wake-up call. Which was delivered at the coast of a mere ~250K enemy killed. Vastly fewer than would have died in the follow-on invasion of the Japanese home islands. And with zero, repeat zero, American casualties. Versus the over 1M estimated for the planned invasion. This is probably the cleanest exam… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-hiroshima-necessary/1031923)._