Seventy years after the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, its place in history remains secure. As The Post has written: “It’s seared into the coFor the occasion, we asked the users of the social platform Reddit, “How is the Hiroshima atomic bomb taught in your country?”

The post received more than 2,500 comments, and these were some of the common threads:

The bombing saved lives by ending the war more quickly and without a land invasion.
Although it may not have been necessary, especially the subsequent bombing of Nagasaki, the United States wanted to send a message to the rest of the world.
The bombing was only a small part of the overall coverage of World War II (or barely mentioned at all).
It was the start of the Cold War.
It led to independence.

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