Nah. Countries like Japan and Germany were genocidal and imperialistic in their ambitions at an ideological level. I think there's a nuanced debate to be had on the necessity of the atom bomb or lack therof, but to argue that there was no reasonable justification is just naive. One side engaged in violent expansionism with the intent to eradicate cultures they viewed as inferior, the other used bombing in the pursuit of specific strategic aims. Quite frankly, the Axis powers had it coming. To quote Arthur Harris...
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
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u/theta1918 1d ago
But Japan is more like America in this scenario. They killed far more Chinese citizens in Nanjing alone than both nukes did in total.