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In the 8th Grade I had to write a history paper on whether we should have dropped the bomb or not. So I figured I would ask my WW2 veteran Dad what he thought. He said go in the bathroom and look in the mirror and tell him if I like what I saw or not. Summed it up for me. He had his orders to head to the Pacific as his Army assignment in the Caribbean (Battle if the Atlantic w/ Unitas and convoys) was over. So his logic was with invasion of Japan, I would not exist.

Thank you—excellent.

The ONE concept (among many in re: saving of lives) that is NEVER mentioned by the relative moralist types— is that the leadership (the TOJO militarists, who controlled the Emperor) was never going to stop fighting. Enlisting millions to defend the home islands against the planned Allied invasion, would have resulted in millions of Japanese (military and civilians) killed. Killed from firebombing, saturation bombing with conventional bombs, and the destruction of factories with their known chemical contents creating a maelstrom of explosive burning fuel/air type destruction.

Millions of Japanese lives were saved by the 2 atomic bomb attacks. 2 attacks which were needed to shove the Tojo leadership off their idiotic bushido creed and suicidal traits-— to organize capitulation.

But here’s the real rub: the facts surrounding the Emperor’s recorded and broadcast instructions to the Empire via radio— were almost eliminated. The Emperor’s First Imperial Guards Division leader was murdered by members of the Imperial Guard and the Staff Officers of Ministry of War-— in order to invade the Imperial Palace and place Emperor Hirohito under arrest and occupy the Imperial Palace!

They were unsuccessful in convincing the Eastern District Army of Japan to go with them-— and they all committed suicide. It all failed and the Emperor made his announcement over the entire Empire/military radio system (the first time most Japanese had ever heard the Emperors voice).

This demonstrates how fanatic the resistance would have been, and was in place-— such that they Tojo loons would have arrested the Emperor.

The atomic bombs saved Japanese and Allied/American lives to the tune of several million potentially senseless slaughter.