Kamfen din bama-bamai na Allied ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka shafi gwamnatin Japan
yanke shawarar mika wuya a tsakiyar watan Agusta 1945. Koyaya, an daɗe ana muhawara game da ɗabi'ar hare-haren da aka kai wa biranen Japan, kuma amfani da makaman nukiliya yana da rikici musamman. Mafi yawan ƙididdigar da aka ambata game da raunin Japan daga hare-haren shine 333,000 da aka kashe da 473,000 da suka ji rauni. Akwai wasu ƙididdigar jimillar mutuwar, duk da haka, wanda ya kasance daga 241,000 zuwa 900,000. Baya ga asarar yawancin rayukan fararen hula, hare-haren sun ba da gudummawa ga raguwar masana'antu.