[MNJohnnie]

Yes. The bloodiest battle in the Pacific were for Philippines, Iwo and Okinawa. Every step closer to the Japanese islands cost more and more American dead. The Kamikaze tactics were killing more and more American Sailors. Simply find and print out a chart of US Casualties and show graphically how US Casualties dead and wounded skyrocketed in the Pacific during 1944-45. Then show the civilian casualties on Sip an and Okinawa. Only pacific islands with major Japanese civilian populations. Post up how many of them died. Dropping the bombs save American AND Japanese lives. The facts are obvious to anyone who looks for for them.

[RayChuang88]

If we had launched Operation Olympic as scheduled in November 1945, the death toll on both sides would have been nothing short of horrible, especially given that the Japanese had 300,000 troops waiting for us to land on the landing beaches of southern Kyushu. It would have given new meaning to the word bloodbath.