People who complain about ending the war with atomic bombs also discount the fact that thousands of Chinese citizens were being killed and starved to death every day the war was allowed to continue.
Throughout the Asia/Pacific region an estimated 10,000 people were dying every single day the war continued. Most were civilians who died of hunger or disease having first been weakened by hunger. The death toll at Hiroshima was equivalent to letting the war continue for 2 more weeks. Bringing the war to an early conclusion saved a lot of lives....yes even if it meant nuking 2 cities.