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Colonel · 05-31-2005, 07:29 AM

I found the following on a Japanese website......Looks like a demonstration near Tokyo would not have had much of an effect, at least the deaths of more people than were killed at Hiroshima did not have any effect. BTW - The Emperor was told exactly what happened in Hiroshima (it was not hidden from him - only from the Japanese people) but he chose to fight on. Furthermore, the effects of radiation were not seen all across Japan. The harmful effects were concentrated around the epicenter of the blast.

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March 9,1945, a force of B-29 aircraft dropped 19,000 incendiary bombs on the southern part of Tokyo. Sixteen square miles of the city was destroyed, killing 84,000 people.... Japan continued, no let-up in sight.

In April, May and June of 1945 65 cities were hit with 154,000 tons of incendiaries killing 250,000 people and rendering 8 million homeless. The Americans dropped leaflets all over Japan telling the Japanese people that more bombing would follow unless Japan surrendered. But the only response from the ruling party was defiance and an increase in their resolve. The Japanese decision makers seemed to be immune to the hardships being suffered by their own people.

An assault landing was the alternative left, short of using the Atomic bomb. The attack was to be made in two phases. The first phase called

Operation Olympic was for our forces to land on the southern island of KYUSHU on November 1, 1945 with a force of 750,000 troops. Expected casualties: killed 194,500, wounded 375,000, missing 2,500.

The second phase, called Operation Coronet, was to be a landing on the beaches north of Tokyo. A force of 1,800,000 men would land on March 1, 1946. Expected losses: Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson projected 1,000,000 casualties.

These estimates were based on the number of casualties on Okinawa, a small campaign in comparison, where there were 48,000 American casualties.

The estimate of the number of Japanese troops defending the KYUSHU landing was 350,000 ... the actual number was 790,000. It was estimated that the Japanese had 2,500 aircraft available for defense of Japan.... The actual number was 6,000 army aircraft and 7,000 navy aircraft.

The Japanese military leaders had proudly proclaimed to their citizens that they were eagerly waiting for an American invasion. Every home was made into a weapons depot or manufacturing facility. School children were kept out of school to assist in the manufacture of various weapons of destruction.

The American landing on the island of KYUSHU was to be at the Miyazaki Beach, the only site possible for such an invasion. But it was terribly shallow and immediately behind it rose a range from which murderous artillery, mortar and rifle fire would have poured onto the invaders. And of course, our prison camp was on the island of KYUSHU, where orders were given to "Annihilate all prisoners, and do not leave any traces. Do so individually or in groups, do it with mass bombing, poisonous smoke, poisons, drowning, decapitation, or what, just dispose of them as the situation dictates."

Clearly, the most important decision of WW II in the Pacific, was that of President, Truman to use the Atomic bomb to end the war. The decision was made on one overriding consideration: To save countless thousands of American lives that were bound to be the price of having to overwhelm the Japanese on their home-front.

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Colonel is Offline Master Sergeant Posts: 1,789 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Marietta, GA	05-31-2005, 07:29 AM I found the following on a Japanese website......Looks like a demonstration near Tokyo would not have had much of an effect, at least the deaths of more people than were killed at Hiroshima did not have any effect. BTW - The Emperor was told exactly what happened in Hiroshima (it was not hidden from him - only from the Japanese people) but he chose to fight on. Furthermore, the effects of radiation were not seen all across Japan. The harmful effects were concentrated around the epicenter of the blast. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 9,1945, a force of B-29 aircraft dropped 19,000 incendiary bombs on the southern part of Tokyo. Sixteen square miles of the city was destroyed, killing 84,000 people.... Japan continued, no let-up in sight. In April, May and June of 1945 65 cities were hit with 154,000 tons of incendiaries killing 250,000 people and rendering 8 million homeless. The Americans dropped leaflets all over Japan telling the Japanese people that more bombing would follow unless Japan surrendered. But the only response from the ruling party was defiance and an increase in their resolve. The Japanese decision makers seemed to be immune to the hardships being suffered by their own people. An assault landing was the alternative left, short of using the Atomic bomb. The attack was to be made in two phases. The first phase called Operation Olympic was for our forces to land on the southern island of KYUSHU on November 1, 1945 with a force of 750,000 troops. Expected casualties: killed 194,500, wounded 375,000, missing 2,500. The second phase, called Operation Coronet, was to be a landing on the beaches north of Tokyo. A force of 1,800,000 men would land on March 1, 1946. Expected losses: Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson projected 1,000,000 casualties. These estimates were based on the number of casualties on Okinawa, a small campaign in comparison, where there were 48,000 American casualties. The estimate of the number of Japanese troops defending the KYUSHU landing was 350,000 ... the actual number was 790,000. It was estimated that the Japanese had 2,500 aircraft available for defense of Japan.... The actual number was 6,000 army aircraft and 7,000 navy aircraft. The Japanese military leaders had proudly proclaimed to their citizens that they were eagerly waiting for an American invasion. Every home was made into a weapons depot or manufacturing facility. School children were kept out of school to assist in the manufacture of various weapons of destruction. The American landing on the island of KYUSHU was to be at the Miyazaki Beach, the only site possible for such an invasion. But it was terribly shallow and immediately behind it rose a range from which murderous artillery, mortar and rifle fire would have poured onto the invaders. And of course, our prison camp was on the island of KYUSHU, where orders were given to "Annihilate all prisoners, and do not leave any traces. Do so individually or in groups, do it with mass bombing, poisonous smoke, poisons, drowning, decapitation, or what, just dispose of them as the situation dictates." Clearly, the most important decision of WW II in the Pacific, was that of President, Truman to use the Atomic bomb to end the war. The decision was made on one overriding consideration: To save countless thousands of American lives that were bound to be the price of having to overwhelm the Japanese on their home-front.