| Without the Atom Bomb, the US would have found itself entering the bloodiest single theater of battle in its entire history. 1 Million is VERY conservative. The USA and its soldiers were tough and all, but it would have been a very painful process. No doubt, guerilla warfare would have been widespread and initiated by small children. Much like Vietnam no doubt. Also, Soviet intervention/assistance would have become more and more of a foregone conclusion. The Cold War Ero would have seen Japan divided between a Communist controlled nation and a democratic/capitalist nation. Who knows how many other messes that would have led to?
The world can rail against the inhumanity and cruelty of the US dropping the A-bombs, but critics seldom bother to contemplate what would have happened without them. Because Japan surrendered, countless women and children were never enlisted to be human bombs, countless other citizens were saved from inadvertant death from the fighting, and the Japanese Military kept its remaining sons alive.
The US and Allies would have won out in the long run, nobody should doubt that. It just would have been very ugly.
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