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Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts)
5. I agree
Fri Aug 6, 2021, 09:14 AM
Aug 2021

I know there's some suggestion that Japan would have surrendered eventually without an invasion, but I don't think that's likely. And the Japanese were fanatics, they would fight to the death and their citizens would have died before giving an inch.

It's always going to be debated, but I don't think people have an appreciation for how depraved and fanatical the Japanese soldiers and people were at that time. The soldiers who fought in both theaters said the Germans were cream puffs compared to the Japanese. The Germans would surrender when defeated in battle, the Japanese would fight to the death to the last man.

remember- when the going gets tough against an enemy Blues Heron Aug 2021 #1
"Smart" weapons were in their infancy in 1945, less than 0.00001% of munitions. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #17
Don't start nuthin, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #18
Horrible, but HAB911 Aug 2021 #2
easy to say but you don't know that. Blues Heron Aug 2021 #3
easy to say because HAB911 Aug 2021 #4
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #8
I do know that, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #7
Marines and SeaBees doin' the work HAB911 Aug 2021 #10
Uh Rah, and of course MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #12
I agree Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #5
My dad was on a PT boat base in New Guinea HAB911 Aug 2021 #6
My grandfather fought in Europe Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #11
Absolutely not needed. marie999 Aug 2021 #28
Likely the same for my Dad, and thus my three siblings. 11 Bravo Aug 2021 #33
.... MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #9
Every year around this time... Archae Aug 2021 #13
And this is exactly what invading US troops would have faced, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2021 #15
Like in the Battle of Okinawa. betsuni Aug 2021 #34
The third bomb would have been dropped on 19 August 1945. roamer65 Aug 2021 #14
Indeed GregariousGroundhog Aug 2021 #25
THE END RESULT HAB911 Aug 2021 #16
Did they mark the 76th anniversary of the rape of Manila? hardluck Aug 2021 #19
There's a really good BBC documentary/dramatization about it Sympthsical Aug 2021 #20
Is it already that time of the year sarisataka Aug 2021 #21
One of my "favorites": Don't drop the bombs, just continue the blockade. Dial H For Hero Aug 2021 #22
Yes, that is one sarisataka Aug 2021 #23
Nailed It! ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #35
I celebrate it. nt LexVegas Aug 2021 #24
Once the Soviets started island hopping in the Kurils, it was only a matter of time till surrender. roamer65 Aug 2021 #26
Agree, they were afraid of the Russians not our bombing of their cities. marie999 Aug 2021 #29
Just over a week after I was born. MineralMan Aug 2021 #27
Ironically the firebombing of Tokyo did more damage and killed more people. mitch96 Aug 2021 #30
The Japanese of the 1940s were nothing like the Japanese of today Leith Aug 2021 #31
Known in the United States as "Our shit don't stink" day gratuitous Aug 2021 #32
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