the numbers of those who died. In the U.S. the Japanese bombed a military base killing mostly soldiers. Part of that attack was to destroy weapons, and likely more so to destroy those weapons than to kill people. The total number of deaths that day, 2,403. When the order was given to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki where only women, children, and the elderly of both sexes resided at the time, it was clear this had nothing to do with military strategy. It didn't take out weapons, it simply killed and poisoned noncombatants. 300,000 Japanese people died in those two bombings. Justice would have been attacking Japanese military training facilities, or weapons caches, not deliberately targeting innocent civilians. Posted By: XglossyWynd No at all. Over 270.000 innocent people were killed by U.S. Atomic bombs. The problem was the Japanese government and not innocent people. The bomb, which was dropped on Hiroshima, was called "little bob" and the one that destroyed Nagasaki was called "fat man." It seems, the use of atomic bomb was like a play for the U.S. Until now, there is no change in the foreign policy of the U.S. To commit crimes in very part of the world: Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Bolivia. Chile, Argentinian, Cuba, Nicaragua, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. Posted By: Anonymous 100% no! War is difficult. People die. This is why war is meant to be avoided at all costs. To bomb two cities, whether they are building bombs or not, is completely illegal. Look at American