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The invasion of the Japanese Home Islands was estimated to have (1) Million U.S. Casualties. The
Japanese figures would have been much higher. This can be seen from the casualty figures of Tarawa,
Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc. When 1,000 prisoners is all you get out of a 23,000 man Japanese Garrison,
when Imperial Army & Navy pilots are willing to volunteer for kamikaze missions, it's a pretty safe
bet to believe those casualty figures for the home island invasion.
Dropping the bombs was one of the best decisions Truman made for both countries. |
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It brought the war to an end, it prevented the war from dragging on and the deaths of many more
innocents, despite the masses of innocent life lost when those bombs were dropped. And it showed the
world the horrors of those bombs. And hopefully it ensures that the Western World will do whatever
is required to prevent those weapons from ever being used again. |
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1) If the Japanese had been on the verge of surrendering before the atom bombs dropped then their
use would have been too extreme. But they weren't. Using those bombs undeniably brought the war to
a rapid end. 2) Make no mistake, if the Japanese had invented the atom bomb they would have used it
on the US without hesitation. |
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If it had simply been about defeating Japan it would have been as effective and involved fewer
civilian casualties to simply bomb some of the Japanese island military facilities. The U.S.S.R. Had
to believe the Americans were willing to use the weapon on civilian populations. However I should
note, Quince, that everyone assumes that because that was the given reason at the time. |
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The horror of the bomb, illustrated so powerfully here ensured that the Cold War never turned hot. |
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While the bombings were horrible, they prevented WWII from dragging on for years to come. The only
alternative was to invade the Japanese home islands, to which the Imperial Army would not have
surrendered. The cost of the battles would have rivaled Stalingrad and Leningrad in human terms,
while causing more economic damage to Japan. |
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This was a prime example of indiscriminate overkill. There was no thinking behind it, it was pure
aggression. People in Japan are still suffering health effects. |
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13 Nov 2009 22:50
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