On Nov 2, 4:12 pm, Tim wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:59:13 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

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 invasio

The GIs who took Okinawa would probably dissagree with this
assessment. There were still Japanese soldiers holding out on islands
years after the war

Even up to a few years ago, there were forgotten and ancient japanese
soldiers living off the land on many of the thousands of islands, that
were still manning their posts.

Quite commendable actually.

I don't think they were defeated, and I never met one soldier from
that theatre that thought they were either.