[caddie]

You are right, and people forget the small detail that Nagasaki was necessary because the Japanese refused to even consider surrender, after having several days to see the damage wrought by the first bomb on Hiroshima.

Such was the fanaticism and dedication of the Japanese.

It is not hyperbole to say that avoiding a land invasion of Japan saved a million lives.

[Night Hides Not]

It is not hyperbole to say that avoiding a land invasion of Japan saved a million lives.

That's just on the American/Allies side. I've read estimates that a land invasion would have caused upwards of 5 million Japanese civilian casualties.

In advance of a planned invasion, the War Department placed an order for 500,000 Purple Hearts. After nearly 70 years, that inventory has yet to be exhausted.

[Netz]

Looks like today's Japanese style fanaticism is manifested in Islam, no? What will it take to stop their current Jihad all over the planet? Where are the Curtis LeMay’s, Patton's and Paul Tibbets’? Where is our backbone and need to survive?