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Writing prompt:
In 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Some historians say that these
attacks ended the war. Other historians say that Japan would have
surrendered anyway. Do you think the dropping of atomic bombs was
justified? Support your reasoning.
A. Japanese civilians who were not killed in the immediate blast of
the atomic bombs suffered radiation poisoning afterward.
O B. Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki may have
been justified, although some say it may not have been justified.
O C. Operation Downfall was the planned invasion of Japan, in which
nearly 2 million American troops were expected to participline.
O D. The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan was not justified
because the United States only wanted to scare its ally, the Soviet
Union