Count me in as one of those who defend these bombings, and the atomic bombings. For the allies to take over Okinawa island, it took 80+ days of near constant c

Count me in as one of those who defend these bombings, and the atomic bombings. For the allies to take over Okinawa island, it took 80+ days of near constant combat, resulting in U.S. manpower losses of over 82,000 casualties, including non-battle casualties (psychiatric, injuries, illnesses) of whom over 12,500 were killed or missing. All this for an island of 463 square miles. And the size of entire Japan is 145,925 square miles. And Japan was actually saving up their best troops/planes/ships for the defense of the main Japanese islands. And let's not forget how many Japanese soldiers and civilians were killed in Okinawa battle. Many, many more Japanese civilians would've been killed if an invasion took place. School girls were being instructed on how to use grenades/homemade weapons to try to kill invading US troops. Nearly 500,000 Purple Heart medals (awarded for combat casualties) were made to prepare for the invasion of Japanese main islands. After Korea, Vietnam, Middle East, they still haven't exhausted the stock.