Dropping the Bomb: The Right Course of Action In the early summer of 1945, the end of World War II appeared distant. Germany had been defeated, but the United States still had to pacify the belligerent Empire of Japan. The United States was contemplating a very large-scale invasion of the Japanese mainland, involving as many as three million men. Foreseen was a long and bitter struggle that would cost many hundreds of thousands of lives on …showed first 75 words of 1798 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1798 total…prevented nations from being aggressive and expansionist. Since 1945 there have been no major wars on a scale anywhere near that of World War II. Furthermore, the first atomic bombs led to further research in nuclear power as a means of energy. Nuclear energy is now widely used as an important source of power, and could possibly be the power source of the future, replacing the limited fossil fuels which we are now so dependent upon.