[zek157]

I've heard the same thing too. In response I always say we already firebombed so many cities that it was getting difficult to find a nuke target that had not been hit. Paper and wood construction made dozens of Dresden's possible. The entire north/south transportation system was gone along with the cities. Shipping was nonexistent. During the winter of 1945-46 the nation would have starved as the rice harvest would not have been transported to any remaining population centers.

Bottom line we burned more with “conventional” firebombs that with fusion.

As it was there was a military faction that attempted to stop Hirohito from surrendering and continue the war. It was stopped the night of Hirohito's announcement.

[alexander_busek]

Bottom line we burned more with “conventional” firebombs that with fusion than with fission.

The "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" atomic bombs were fission bombs. Thermonuclear bombs (aka fusion bombs) didn't come until later.

Regards,