[Fresh Wind]

It’s not pleasant to consider what would have happened if the Japanese had gotten the bomb first. How many American school children would have died?

[tanknetter]

It’s not pleasant to consider what would have happened if the Japanese had gotten the bomb first. How many American school children would have died?

Let's start with these:

Elsie Mitchell, 26
Edward Engen, 13
Jay Gifford, 13
Joan Patzke, 13
Dick Patzke, 14
Sherman Shoemaker, 11

The above were murdered on May 5, 1945 near Bly, Oregon when they stumbled upon one of the approximately 9000 balloon bombs the Japanese launched against the US in order to sow terror amongst the citizens of the US Pacific Northwest and burn down forests.

Other versions of the balloon bombs were designed to carry radiological material and plague-infected rats ...

[weegee]

Or if they had successfully managed to launch their bubonic plague attack against the American west coast.