Most of those who make this claim do so in earnest. The critics hold that it is a crime to incinerate civilians en masse defenders commonly claim that the bombing was necessary to bring the war to a close, thereby saving countless American lives. Since the last “good war,” a debate has ensued over the moral legitimacy of the use of nuclear weapons, particularly against civilians. The Japanese government surrendered to the U.S. That blast killed 39,000 civilians and injured another 25,000 40 percent of the city was destroyed or unrepairable. The next (and only other) atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki three days later.
ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI WW2 FULL
A full 67 percent of Hiroshima’s buildings, transportation systems, and urban structures were destroyed.
The blast killed 66,000 men, women, and children, and injured an additional 69,000. bomber Enola Gay, instantaneously destroying four square miles in the middle of the population center. The weapon was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the U.S. The first use of an atomic bomb in warfare took place on August 6, 1945.
Flynn, to be published by FEE next month. He is editor of Forgotten Lessons: Selected Essays of John T. Pavlik is director of The Freeman Op-Ed Program at The Foundation for Economic Education.
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