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Now the American perspective. We were at war with only one acceptable alternative. Total Japanese surrender. They would not. That leaves two tactical options: invasion or the bomb. Invasion was an ongoing plan with estimates of up to 0.5 million Allied casulties and even far more Japanese. One can present all kinds of reasons for the dropping of two bombs. But fundamental remains one major reason: the American objective of "unconditonal surrender". All options were only for that objective.
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Plus in order to invade the Japanese mainland, some of the troops in Europe would have to be sent to the Pacific instead of home. That's one announcement nobody wanted to make. 
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The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.
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