Commenting on the latter point: The Battle of Okinawa seems like an example - Both willingly and by coercion, a large portion of the civilian population was se

Commenting on the latter point: The Battle of Okinawa seems like an example - Both willingly and by coercion, a large portion of the civilian population was sent into the battle to die with minimal training or equipment, including children. Is there some reason to think the populations of those cities would have acted differently if the front lines came to them at that time?