The attacks killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Anytime you kill civilians, it's going to be controversial.
Some viewed it as barbaric, or overkill). It has been said that Japan was already on the brink of surrendering before the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is also because the attacks involved many civilians dying from the blasts, or from nuclear fallout and radiation afterwards.
The attacks ended the war, but killed many civiliansThe attacks surprised the Soviets, who were supposed to be US alliesSome say the decision to kill so many people was made for political reasons
The attacks killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians to end the war.
Atomic bombs have only been used in combat twice. The US dropped two bombs, one on Nagasaki, one on Hiroshima.
the population of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was 166,000.
The bombing of Hiroshima brought us to the atomic era. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the last attacks in World War Two. Japan surrendered after the attacks.
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum was created in 1955.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
There were some 280,959 in Hiroshima and 158,754 in Nagasaki recorded as casualties from the nuclear attacks. The records die after that.
The two cities of Japan which were hit by the atomic bomb by America were "NAGASAKI" and "HIROSHIMA".
Nagasaki