Read the list of pros and cons on whether to drop the atomic bomb on Japan or not. Then, after reading each list of arguments, choose a side on if the US was justified (right) on dropping the bomb on Japan. Explain your answer using some of the arguments as your evidence.

It would prevent high casualties that would be caused by an invasion of mainland japan. The main argument in support of the decision to use the atomic bomb is that it saved American lives which would otherwise have been lost in two D-Day-style land invasions of the main islands of the Japanese. For American military commanders, determining the strength of Japanese forces and anticipating the level of civilian resistance were the keys to preparing casualty projections