It's the anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing that helped end the War in the Pacific. On June 30, 1945, the NYT headlined

Hiroshima was the answer to that. Miracle of Deliverance:  The Case for the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, by Stephen Harper (not the Canadian PM), said that the bombing, along with then Nagasaki Bombing, anniversary in three days, saved up to a million Allied lives, and up to seven million Japanese lives.

This is the subject of much guilt and apologies by Americans, but it shouldn't be.

Here are some previous posts we've done on the subject.

• The Hiroshima Anniversary, by James Fulford on 08/06/2011
• Reverend Wright And Hiroshima—How Many Lives Did Hiroshima Save?, by James Fulford on 03/19/2008
• Obama Apology Tour to Visit Hiroshima, by Brenda Walker on 08/06/2010
• Another Reader Comments On Japan, Pearl Harbor, And Hiroshima, by VDARE.com Reader on 09/27/2012
• World War Two And The Japanese Surrender, by Steve Sailer on 08/21/2011
• "And Even More Carefully If We Do Wish To Give It," by James Fulford on 02/06/2011
• Enola Gay Pilot Paul Tibbets Dies, by Brenda Walker on 11/01/2007
• Pearl Harbor And Your Father's America, by James Fulford on 12/07/2016