With multiple chances for the United States to capitulate in the war and rejecting each one, the Japanese prepared for disaster. On August 6, 1945, the course of history changed. Two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and three days later, on August 9, 1945, on Nagasaki, ending World War II. Japan was already a defeated nation by conventional bombs and World War II. Many innocent lives were lost, psychological scars were left on the lives of bomb survivors, and thus many lives were changed forever. The atomic bombings caused genetic effects in many people due to the radiation from the bombs. Revisionists said the United States used these bombs to blackmail the Soviet Union. The deployment of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was morally justified because it ended the war quickly, ultimately saved many lives, and was a start for many. Historians have debated the evidence that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not morally justified. Revisionist historians or proponents of revision claim that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were unnecessary and unnecessary. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they say, caused the loss of many innocent lives, in addition to those already lost in World War II. The atomic bombings left victims and survivors with psychological scars (Sawada). The atomic bombs could have been dropped on two of Japan's least populated cities, but because they were dropped on two of Japan's most populated cities, many lives were lost. The bombs could then have caused fewer casualties if they were dropped on a less populated city. It is claimed that the atomic bombs were more political than military...... middle of paper...... Library. Internet. February 19, 2014. Maddox, Robert James. “The biggest decision: why we had to drop the atomic bomb. » AmericanHeritage May-June 1995: 70+. United States History Collection. Internet. February 19, 2014. “Potsdam Declaration.” Potsdam Declaration | Birth of the Constitution of Japan. National Diet Library, 2003. Internet. April 29, 2014. Sawada, Aiko., Bar-On, Dan., Chaitin, Julia. “Life after the atomic bomb”. The United States Today; New York.01 Mar 2007:20. Electronic library. Internet. February 19, 2014Sodei, Rinjiro. “Hiroshima/Nagasaki as history and politics.” The Journal of American History 82.3 (1995): 1118-123. JSTOR. Internet. February 24, 2014. “The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Calliope. May 1. 2011: 13. Electronic library. Internet. February 28, 2014. “The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Np, and Web. Apr 30, 2014.< http://www.atomcentral.com/hiroshima-nagasaki.aspx>.