Hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese citizens died at the hands of the atomic bomb unleashed by the United States, as recounted in the novel Hiroshima by John Hersey. Hiroshima chronicles the devastation through six survivors who had to endure the horrific attack and the grueling long-term side effects of the attack. The United States thought it was protecting Japan from further damage, but instead it caused horrible destruction that Japan would face for years and years to come. The United States began developing the potentially deadly atomic bomb during the war. to destroy his enemies. After finishing building the weapon beyond danger. The United States tested the bomb in a deserted field in Trinity, New Mexico. Brigadier ThomasF. Farrell was there to witness the test and told everyone about the bomb: “The effects could well be described as unprecedented, magnificent, beautiful, stupendous and terrifying. No artificial phenomenon of such power had ever occurred before. The lighting begged for description” (Brigadier Thomas F. Farrell Trinity Test Eyewitnesses). Even knowing this information, the United States still decided to drop the bomb on Japan. Without even thinking about who they would devastate, especially... middle of paper... The States should not have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. Because they inflicted wounds on Japan that will never heal, as told in the last chapter of Hiroshima. If the United States had not dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent Japanese citizens could have been saved, including Japan's future generations. Works Cited • Hersey, John. Hiroshima. Print.• “Eyewitness Accounts of the Atomic Bomb.” » Nuclear files. org.• “An atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.” "History.com• Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Creation of America Print• Kuran, Peter. "Hiroshima and Nagasaki." page no.. .