
Originally Posted by
Howlin Mad Missy
Lyle. Everyone can have a big stick. It's a matter of who is prepared to use it.
Not only did the US use it, they used it twice. Truly shocking.
We had to, Japan DID NOT want to surrender and here are some stats to prove it
Mariana & Palau Islands Campaign - 9,500 Americans KIA; 63,000 Japanese KIA
Iwo Jima - nearly 7,000 Americans KIA; over 22,000 Japanese KIA
Okinawa - over 12,000 Americans KIA; over 110,000 Japanese KIA and maybe 42,000-150,000 civilians killed
The closer the US got to Honshu the more the Japanese threw at the US and the more fiercely they defended their land. In the end we dropped the bombs and it was the RIGHT THING TO DO. It saved more lives than it took.
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