A number of posts have discussed nuclear weapons:
Aug. 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima – and three days later, on Nagasaki – during World War II. Today, most Americans (83%) say they know a lot or a little about these events, according to a new Pew Research Center survey conducted June 2-8, 2025.
Reflecting on the United States’ actions, 35% of Americans today say using the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 was justified, while 31% say it was not justified. A third say they are not sure.
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In 1945, immediately after the bombings, a Gallup poll conducted through face-to-face interviews found that the vast majority of Americans (85%) approved of the United States’ actions. Decades later in 1990, a Gallup phone poll found that 53% of Americans approved of using the atomic bomb on the two Japanese cities. Approval remained between 53% and 59% in four additional Gallup phone surveys fielded between 1991 and 2005.
