Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • WAR: About that War Was the Atomic Bombing of Japan Necessary? 08-06-2006 • by Robert Freeman Yet the question will not die, nor should it: was dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a military necessity? Was the decision justified by the imperative of saving lives or were there other motives involved? Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: