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========== President Barack Obama is the first American
president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, since US forces bombed the city during World War
Two. To many Americans, the bombing of Hiroshima, and later Nagasaki, was a devastating but
unavoidable maneuver to end the war. But in Japan, the reaction to the bombs has not been
as cut-and-dry. So, more than a half-century later, how do the Japanese feel about the
Hiroshima bombing? In the summer of 1945, World War II was in
its final stages. But while Germany had surrendered, the United States was still locked in a seemingly
endless battle with Japan. The US had already carried out an extensive bombing campaign
against the country, resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties. But still Japan
refused to surrender, leaving the United States with two difficult choices. Send in gro...