Without nukes, it was gong to be more brutal than death of 100,000 civilian lives. As in death of millions of Japanese civilians. A million or so US casualty w

Without nukes, it was gong to be more brutal than death of 100,000 civilian lives. As in death of millions of Japanese civilians. A million or so US casualty was projected. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall