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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by WizArtist: [qb]Which would you order? The deaths of 200,000 enemies or 3/4 of a million of your own men? [/qb][/QUOTE]Well, that's not the real choice. The best wartime estimate for the number of casualties for the entire campaign to end the war (including invasions of both Kyushu in fall 1945 and Honshu in early 1946 and the capture of Tokyo) was 370,000, including 290,000 wounded and 80,000 dead (These figures are from Dunnigans and Nofi's book "Victory at Sea"). The oft-quoted figure of "1 million dead" is a pure myth that started appearing after the war, mostly in an attempt to justify the atomic bombings. Japanese casualties, both civilian and military, would probably have been several times higher than US casualties (and certainly much higher than the actual casualties in the two atomic bombings), if the Japanese had resisted the invasion until the end. I don't intend to argue for or against any war-ending strategy; I just don't want to see inaccurate numbers thrown about. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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