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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
I guess I just don't agree that the Japanese would have given stiff resistance at the cost of 100,000's of US soldiers lives. They were in terrible shape before the A-bomb dropped. My opinion though, obviously it's tough to tell what 'could have' happened, we only know what did happen.
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Maybe millions of lived were saved, in that MAD kept the US and Russia from using A-bombs again. Or, maybe the show of force was unnecessary - MAD would have applied anyway.