“Up to ten million Japanese would have been killed if we invaded.”
This likely is true, however, with as much as the political class and every facet of government has lied to us (not just recent history) how can we take anything they say on face value? We should question everything.
A large part of United State objective during the war was to kill as many civilians (women, childern, babies, elderly) as possible to force a political outcome. That is no secret, thus the firebombing of tokyo and nuclear bombs. We did not nuke military targets.
“We did not nuke military targets.”
Shows how little you know.
“Hiroshima was a city of considerable military importance. It contained the 2nd Army Headquarters, which commanded the defense of all of southern Japan. The city was a communications center, a storage point, and an assembly area for troops.”
“The city of Nagasaki had been one of the largest sea ports in southern Japan and was of great war-time importance because of its many and varied industries, including the production of ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials.”
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mp06.asp
Operation Downfall was the proposed invasion of Japan. The operation was divided into two parts Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet. Operation Olympic was the invasion of southern Japan, while Operation Coronet centered around Tokyo.