Everyone has their own opinions on whether the bombing of Hiroshima was justified. Keep this in mind when you are reading or viewing items about the rights and wrongs of the bombings, it is possible that they will be biased towards the author's point of view.
Click on the tabs for this section or click the links below to find Extended Information and Higher Level Information for this topic.
This video offers an opinion on whether Truman was right to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
This webpage from the BBC was written 60 years after the Hiroshima bombing took place. It discusses some of the issues and opinions regarding the ethics of the Hiroshima bombing.
In this clip a Hiroshima survivor says she's glad the Americans dropped the bomb to end the war.
This wiki includes a number of people's opinions on whether the atomic bombs were justifiable or not.