Kammala wannan jumla: Marubucin John M. Curatola ya rubuta cewa tunanin da ke adawa da Jafananci mai yiwuwa ya taka rawa a cikin fashewar bom na biranen Jafananci, wanda ya fara a ranar 9/10, Maris 1945 tare da lalata "
Operation Meetinghouse" da bama-baman wuta na Tokyo zuwa 15 ga Agusta, 1945, tare da mika wuya na Japan. Garuruwa sittin da tara a Japan sun rasa yankuna masu mahimmanci da ɗaruruwan dubban rayukan fararen hula zuwa fashewar wuta da hare-haren nukiliya daga United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bombers a wannan lokacin. A cewar Curatola da masanin tarihi James J. Weingartner, duka bama-baman wuta da harin nukiliya sun kasance wani bangare ne na rashin cin mutuncin abokan gaba, tare da na biyun yana cewa, "[T] sanannen hoton Jafananci a matsayin ɗan adam ya zama mahallin motsin rai wanda ya ba da wata hujja ga yanke shawara wanda ya haifar da mutuwar ɗaruruwan dubbai" a duk faɗin Japan. A rana ta biyu bayan bam ɗin Nagasaki, Shugaba Harry S. Truman ya ce: "Yaren da suke fahimta shi ne wanda muke amfani da shi wajen kai musu bam. Lokacin da ka yi mu'amala da dabba dole ka bi da shi kamar dabba. Abin baƙin ciki ne amma gaskiya ne".