People remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but there was a conventional attack in Tokyo that killed about the same.

The Bombing of Tokyo was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States during World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history. Of central Tokyo, 16 square miles were destroyed, leaving an estimated 100,000 civilians dead and over one million homeless.

I wonder about this -- not sure where I come down on the issue, especially given Japan's atrocities, particularly in China and the Philippines. The logic was the war must stop as soon as possible.