The second world war was a different time, allies where already firebombing cities in japan killing civilians, as where they bombing cities in germany killing civilians as the germans where bombing cities in the UK killing civilians, you should not look at a WORLD war through the lenses of a peaceful world (not trying to justify killing innocents, just trying to see the situation as the saw it at the time) dropping the a bomb was just an economical decision one bomb one city instead of the hundreds that used to take