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Most people who have heard of World War II have probably heard of the atomic bomb. It was probably the most devastating weapon used at that time and that has been used ever since. It stopped the war, but along with it, destroyed the lives of many innocent civilians, and its consequences can be seen in the lives of people even today, after the war has long been over.

The atomic bomb should not have been dropped on Japan, firstly and most importantly, because of the amount of damage that it caused to the Japanese people. The atomic bomb dropped on Japan wasn't any ordinary bomb, it killed more than 100,000 people in just one blast. These people who were bombed were just civilians, ordinary women and children waiting for their husbands and fathers to return from a long war, people who had nothing to do with any of the war crimes committed against the US, no matter how atrocious. The bombing of such a number of innocent civilians is completely unjustified, no matter what the circumstances. However, its devastating effects did not just stop there. The radiation from the bomb blast affected survivors, and people of the next generation who came into existence only after the war ended. People were born with deformities and survivors had to suffer with numerous medical conditions and cancers. A bomb that continues to destroy the lives of innocent civilians generation after generation even after its goal of stopping the war has been achieved is definitely unjustified. Its devastating effect on mankind far outweighs what was achieved by stopping the war.

Furthermore, this kind of a bomb was not the only way to end the war. Before that and ever since, no atomic weapons have been used in the course of battle, and wars still have been ended in peace without them. In Europe, the war was ended with the Axis powers surrendering, without the need for the use of an atomic bomb. Now, though the scars of war still remain in many former theaters of war in Europe, future generations do not have to continue suffering for the war their forefathers fought, and not only with the horrid memories of war, but with physical conditions too, unlike in Japan, where civilians even today have to suffer from these.

Therefore, I believe the atomic bomb should not have been dropped on Japan because of the huge cost to innocent human lives that was totally unjustified.