text: what was the best way to end wwii in the pacific? was the atomic bomb the best method of ending the war? yes. it ended wwii with as few additional us casualties as possible. we asked japan to surrender but they refused and never would have surrendered. the alternative would have been for the allies to invade...leading to tens of hundreds of thousands of us deaths.   it was a horrible end to the war, but from our perspective, it was the best of the many horrible alternatives.  and after pearl harbor, it didn't require that much ethical debate...