The Nuking of Japan

[A Theist]

You know, not invading and not dropping bombs. Anything other than that.

The Japanese were brutal fanatics. They showed that in the South Pacific, believing it was more honorable to die in battle rather than having to surrender. Surrender was abhorrent to them. The Japanese would even brutalize our troops for surrendering. Many of them lined up and volunteered to fly Kamikaze suicide missions into our ships and the re-taking of the Japanese occupied islands was no easy task either. There was no reason for our military planners to believe that there were any options available short of a mainland invasion or dropping the bombs which would end the war with Japan.