[MuttTheHoople]

They probably saved the Japanese race from being wiped from the face of the earth. In 1945, the Japanese were so despised, and Bull Halsey said that the only place Japanese would be spoken "was in hell". They would've fanatically defended their island, the same way they defended Tarawa, Okinawa, and IwoJima.

The A-Bomb got their attention. Also, it prevented the USSR from turning Japan into "North Japan/South Japan".

[longtermmemmory]

The sheer magnitude of the invasion of japan under the name “Olympic” was going to make D-Day look tiny.

over a THOUSAND ships.

over 1 million tons in supplies

and the alies casualties were anticipated to be high.

You are correct. It would have been to the death for both sides. It would be no touchy feely introspective hollyweird BS.