[redgolum]

They had a plan. Called Cornet.

The build up had started, but wasn't complete, when the bomb was dropped.

[Alberta's Child]

I'm sure there were plenty of plans. I'm sure the U.S. had about a dozen different plans for invading France in 1944, too -- only one of which was actually executed.

As a resource-poor island nation that was culturally very different than the U.S., there would be no reason for the U.S. to occupy it after the war -- unless our explicit intent was to turn the place into a giant manufacturing center for electronics, machinery, autos, etc.