I feel like the narrative surrounding the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings has changed enormously since I was a kid.

I remember learning that, while tragic, the number of lives lost in the bombing paled in comparison to the numbers of lives being lost and that would be lost in winning the war by conventional means. That it was a way to minimize further bloodshed.

I’m not super well read on the subject, but is that not true? Or, if it is true, does it not matter?

I’m mostly just trying to figure out what caused the shift.