Should US have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?

On 6 August 1945, Hiroshima was engulfed in a thick cloud of black smoke. The Japanese city was hit by the atomic weapon code-named "Little Boy", during World War 2. The bomb indeed caused casualties and much destruction as well, and up to at least a hundred thousand lives were lost. However, it was indeed the right thing to do for the US to have dropped the bomb on Japan.
This is because dropping the atomic bomb can end the war promptly, and is the only last resort that the US has in forcing Japan to surrender.

Without the use of the atomic bomb, one wonders whether the war would have ended so abruptly. The single use of the atomic bomb forced Japan to surrender, and let the war end immediately. This enabled the Allied Forces to put an end to the conflict without having to storm into Japan. Although the atomic bomb cost close to 300 000 deaths, it was a far cry from the estimated millions of death which would incur if the Allies were to carry out a full-scale attack on Japan. The atomic bomb also showed Japan the great amount of firepower the Allies possessed, pressuring the country to surrender unconditionally. This immediately put an end to the war and enabled the rest of the countries to re-establish peace in the world. Otherwise, expert claimed that the war would have dragged on for another couple of years, leading to even more casualties and destruction. Thus, the atomic bomb helped to end the war abruptly.

Additionally, this was almost the last resort America had to force Japan to surrender. Previously, America had carried out bombing runs on Japan as a sign to pressure the Japanese to surrender. However, the Japanese were still undeterred in their objective to continue fighting the war. In fact, several Japanese commanders and high officials decided that the country should fight to the death, until the last man standing. The Japanese also has a very high spirit of never giving up, and are so desperate to win the war that they have also conducted suicidal attacks. As a result, America found that it would be very difficult to end the war, and had to drop the nuclear war on Japan in order to force them to surrender.

However, one also has to acknowledge the innocent lives lost in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the dropping of the atomic bombs. However, the atomic bomb also prevented even more lives from being lost. During the dropping of the atomic bomb, only the Japanese side suffered casualties of up to 300 000 people. The war would have dragged on if not for the dropping of the atomic bomb, resulting in millions of death from around the world. This is not to mentioned the several Asian countries Japan had captured, and the Japanese would have carried out even more massacres in these areas. The continued conflict between the two sides will also lead to heavy losses on both sides.

At the end of the day, one have to ultimately consider whether the war would have ended so soon if not for the atomic bomb, or if Japan would even surrender at all. The bomb prevented the war from dragging on and prevented much more casualties from taking place, and also successfully pressured Japan into surrendering. Thus, America should have indeed dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.