World War 2 is considered the most destructive and deadly war ever fought. Yet even after Hitler's suicide and Germany's surrender, the war was not over. The Japanese army still wouldn't admit defeat. The Japanese were a strong people willing to fight till it was no longer possible. It may even be said that they were suicidal, with their kamikaze pilots and no real hope of defeating the allied nations. The country in a whole had …showed first 75 words of 876 total…

…showed last 75 words of 876 total…devastating. Thousands of Japanese lives were saved, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of American lives that were saved. The atomic bomb used in World War II against Japan did not only destroy lives, but it saved them. The use of nuclear weapons is in fact a horrible crime against humanity. But by committing this crime, it prevented worse crimes from Japan and Germany in World War II, rendering the atomic bomb somewhat justified.