What would be the consequence today if the US had not invented the Atomic Bomb?

Answer 1

Then the U.S. would have eventually invaded the Japanese mainland. As the Japanese were not going to surrender, there would have been millions of Japanese killed. U.S. deaths would also have been in the thousands, maybe as high as a million. Japan would have been defeated but at a very high cost in human life and more than likely the total destruction of all major Japanese cities.

AnswerBut they were and it was classified as "over-kill." Many people believe that there could have been other means to have changed the war than dropped the bombs and causing such devastation. It's amazing that the Japanese people can forgive. They still live with the after effects of the war.

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AnswerI would just like to add something...someone said "it is amazing that the Japanese can forgive". I am wondering if you know that the Japanese executed more people with samurai swords than were killed in both atomic bombs (32 million Chinese were killed in WW2). Also, had the bombs not been dropped then many, many more Japanese would have been killed to to the emperor's total war method of using every single Japanese citizen as a soldier. One example of this is they were planning on strapping bombs on children and having them jump under the treads of invading tanks to destroy them. AnswerIt should be pointed out that while the Japanese do still live with the after-effects of WWII, they are the after-effects of a war of aggression that Japan itself originated way back in 1931, when they invaded Manchuria. Atomic bomb apologists seldom consider what might have happened if the Japanese (or the Germans) had been first to develop atomic weapons.

The Japanese goal was the creation of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere." Essentially, that meant that all of eastern Asia would be united -- and ruled by the Japanese. Few people realize that the ruling class in Japan at that time considered all non-Asians to be racially inferior, and Japanese esteemed themselves as the highest of all Asians. This racism is at the root of the widespread torture and murder inflicted by the Japanese on all they conquered. (This routine criminal behavior is generally poorly documented, and universally ignored by apologists and revisionists.)

By 1945, Japan was a defeated nation. Its primary offensive weapon, the Imperial Japanese Navy, had practically ceased to exist; what was left of it dared not leave its home ports. Once LeMay's B-29 raids got into full swing that summer, US airmen were killing as many as 120,000 Japanese per raid, using primarily "Willie Pete," white phosphorus-based incendiary bombs. It was when viewing the aftermath of one of these raids on Tokyo that Emperor Hirohito is believed to have taken his decision to become directly involved in seeking an end to the war. Japan's defenses were so feeble that the B-29 crews were removing defensive armament from their planes so they could carry more bombs. The chances of a crew returning from a mission over Japan were around 99%; most of the few losses were due to mechanical failure.

The dire predictions of invasion casualties offered by some of Truman's advisors were probably exaggerated. But hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Japanese citizens would surely have perished had the war been prolonged, even without an invasion. With the US Navy effectively blockading every Japanese port, food shortages were already plaguing the country, and famine was visible on the horizon. No nation, however motivated by religion or creed, can withstand mass starvation. Add in the nightly visits from "B-san," spreading fiery death through the cities, and it's easy to see that Japan truly had no future.

Answer 2

We could presumably spend less on defence, and thus more on social projects.

Answer 3

Other countries could have destroyed the US with the Atomic Bomb.