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Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 List Price: $36.95 Sale Price: $22.08 Used From: $14.24  |
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Hell To Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 is a comprehensive and compelling examination of the myriad complex issues that comprised the strategic plans for the American invasion of Japan... |
why was the invasion of japan the best course of action?
It was not.
Historical revisionists and other second guessers all condemn the Allied use of the nuclear bomb, but they overlook the facts that influenced Harry Truman in his decision.
After the invasions of Okinawa, Saipan and Iwo Jima, it was obvious that the Japanese civilians were convinced they would be raped and killed, just as their troops had raped and killed civilians in their conquests. As a result, those who did not participate in suicide attacks committed suicide in horrendous numbers.
The casualties of an attack on the Japanese homeland was estimated by intelligence to be one million dead and wounded allied troops and ten million Japanese casualties.
The people who are opposed to the bomb forget that the Allies had been attacked, and after surrender their troops and civilians had been killed and/or abused. They forget the sneak attacks on Pearl Harbour, Hong Kong, Manila and a dozen other places. We were in a war, and the object was to bring our own men home with as little harm as possible.
An invasion of the Japanese mainland would also have cost more than ten Manhattan projects, and would quite likely have resulted in two years of digging troops out of tunnels with flamethrowers and grenades.
Any person who believes that would have been more humane, quicker, more civilized or cheaper is frankly uninformed and operating from a biased position.
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