"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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We had reduced Japanese naval power to the point where an effective
blockade of the island nation would probably have inspired its
surrender within a matter of weeks...likely without an invasion.


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Monday morning quarterbacking is always easier than playing the game and
we'll probably never know for sure, but there where many then and many today
that believed Japan was close to using an A-bomb ... on *us*. If Truman
hadn't authorized it and the war lasted just long enough for Japan to toss
one on San Diego from a submarine, how would Truman be viewed today knowing
that he could have ended the war before it happened?

http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/jp-hung.htm

Eisboch