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> The Japanese leadership was ready to sacrifice millions in a possible ground invasion This point in particular comes up a lot , but there is scant actual evi
by rtpg 8y ago
> The Japanese leadership was ready to sacrifice millions in a possible ground invasion
This point in particular comes up a lot , but there is scant actual evidence for it. By this point in the war, the constant firebombing had destroyed any sort of infrastructure allowing for such a strong defense. Contemporary US military estimates of a ground invasion get nowhere near those casualty numbers
- zeroname 8y ago> This point in particular comes up a lot , but there is scant actual evidence for it. There is scant evidence for this (honest question)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall#Operation_Ketsug%C5%8D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall#Operation_K... > Contemporary US military estimates of a ground invasion get nowhere near those casualty numbers That's pretty irrelevant, because hindsight is 20/20. Given the conduct of Japanese in the war, it wouldn't have seemed implausible at the time. The soviets sacrificed millions of their people to repel the Nazis.