[Alberta's Child]

By that point in time the Japanese government had mobilized the entire population to participate in the defense of the home islands, using farm implements if necessary.

Kind of like the United States at the time — right? Or Switzerland today. Or any other country where civilians give enough of a sh!t about themselves to defend their homes against a hostile invasion. Imagine that.

Sounds to me as if an invasion of Japan probably would have been a bad idea.

The other posts on this thread detailing the production schedule of additional atomic bombs suggests that the U.S. government likely had no intention of invading Japan at all.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Actually, no not like the US. Our government did not impress every civilian to become part of an armed military force. But if they had I guess you’ll agree they would have no longer been civilians.