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I could not agree more. And I for one am grateful that the bombs were dropped. I suppose the way to look at the situation was it was the least worst option between dropping the atomic bombs or invading Japan. Consider the casualties the allies had sustained in driving the Japanese armed forces from Okinawa and Iwo Jima in the preceding months. The day the second bomb was dropped my grandfather having survived Tarawa and Saipan was on maneuvers rehearsing the invasion of Japan scheduled in the fall of 1945. Consider how long and costly such an invasion would have been. The estimates for casualties were in the millions and lasting until 1947. Moreover, I suspect a goodly number of people even on this forum would not be here today.Back in the early 80s, the Japanese Imperial Army doctor who made the medical report of the atomic bombings to the Imperial Army general staff stated that the bombs actually saved Japan. In his opinion, an Allied land invasion would have ultimately succeeded, but at the cost of the majority of Japanese lives--far more than those lost in the atomic bombings.
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