[Peter Horry]

“And don’t forget Russian dead during the war.”

I haven’t, I was pointing out that Japan’s loses (especially military) were appreciably lower than Germany.

Russia has a tragic pass, communist democide probably had a death toll equal to the 24 million lost during WW II, no wonder they drink.... OK that was a little flippant.

[chimera]

Ah, okay, got it. No question the planned invasions of the Japanese homeland would have pushed the casualty totals through the roof for both Japan and this country. My Dad was in the ETO and survived D-Day and the long march into Germany, and one of the very few times he ever spoke of his experiences over there was to tell of his relief when they heard that the Potsdam terms had been accepted after the Nagasaki drop. Many of the units in Europe would have been redeployed to the PTO, and that was one thing the guys would rather not have faced.