An estimated 80,000 Japanese were killed at Hiroshima.

Nagasaki is a military target.

Nagasaki and Hiroshima are cities with large civilian populations.

Fighting at Iwo Jima and Okinawa proved that the military leadership in Japan would not surrender until the last man died.

An estimated 60,000 Japanese were killed at Nagasaki.

The atomic bomb was the most devastating military weapon used by mankind.

Less than 50,000 American lives would have been at risk due to an invasion of Japan.

Dropping the atomic bombs would save up to 500,000 American lives.

Japan was already defeated and would surrender within a short time.