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In reply to the discussion: How many people total would have died in a US invasion of the Japanese islands in 1945-46? [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)10. To all intents and purposes the war was over.
What would have happened if we didn't invade Japan and just ignored it? Would it have invaded Malibu?
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How many people total would have died in a US invasion of the Japanese islands in 1945-46? [View all]
Recursion
Aug 2015
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Japan was getting mighty scared about Russia getting involved in the war - they
MillennialDem
Aug 2015
#45
Innocents in countries occupied by Japan would have continued to die in massive numbers
hack89
Aug 2015
#21
Russia invaded China and rolled over the Japanese army without that happening.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2015
#31
So we killed thousands on the chance that they would release the prisoners?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Aug 2015
#43
What about the tens of thousands of Chinese/Koreans/Filipinos forced into slave labor in Japan?
NutmegYankee
Aug 2015
#49
I pointed out in the options that the Tokyo firebombing killed twice as many as the two nukes
Recursion
Aug 2015
#19
read about the planning done for Operation Downfall, total deaths could easily top 1 million
Amishman
Aug 2015
#13
Uhm japam was willing to surrender before the bombs were deployed people. eom
Malraiders
Aug 2015
#29
Tojo didn't want to surrender. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki it took continued firebombing of Tokyo.
EndElectoral
Aug 2015
#39
My father was in the front lines of Okinawa, so had there been invasion I might not be posting this.
EndElectoral
Aug 2015
#37
General MacArthur's staff anticipated about 50000 American casualties, and several time that number
still_one
Aug 2015
#52
Considering Hirohito himself cited the atomic bombings--and not the USSR--as his main reason
NuclearDem
Aug 2015
#60