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re: Gen. Douglas MacArthur "dug out dug"
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:56 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:56 pm to Darth_Vader
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from Europe to the Pacific to get ready for the invasion of Japan.
That would have been quite, quite messy to say the least...
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Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:58 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Why do the Marines get all the credit for the Pacific war?
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:03 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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That would have been quite, quite messy to say the least...
Something along the lines of half a million to 750,000 casualties depending on how long Operation Downfall would take.
Although there was a study done by the War Department which factored in potential total civilian + military defense of Japan that was a real nightmare scenario, something like 2-4 million American casualties and maybe double Japanese casualities. Seems pretty high. But McCullough mentioned the 750,000 number as a rationale for Truman when he routinely approved the bomb.
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