Japan had been mostly leveled by the time of the atom bombs
we have been privileged to be able to read the NY Times long and thorough accounts of the strategic air campaign against Japan posted here on Free Republic.
between 300 and 500 B29's destroyed targets every day. Here's a partial photo of Tokyo
Agreed. I didn’t know until the recent threads that our domination of Japan was so complete that destroyers were shelling villages with impunity.
they should have destroyed the palace and emperor. imho.