Our invasion of Japan had already been planned. Operation downfall. Estimates were that an additional 1,000,000 American lives would be lost with many times that Japanese. The link here
6 posted on 08/15/2025 5:05:02 AM PDT by LouAvul
(1 John 2:22: Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist.)
Lemay said that he could have firebombed them with 5,000 bombers - three attacks per day which would have killed millions and ended the war without the use of the A-bombs or an invasion.