Japan is a long way away. Invading it would be very difficult due to the long distances that everything would have to be shipped.
Okinawa (were all gonna fail this test hehe)
We didn't invade Japan because they predicted 500,000 American casualties. The perfection of the Atomic Bomb, made invasion unnecessary.
If the US were to invade the Japanese home islands, it was estimated about 1.5 million American military deaths, 2 million Japanese military deaths, and 10 million Japanese civilian deaths would occur.
The US did not have to invade Japan, which was estimated to have cost 500.000 American soldiers lives.
bomb Japan or invade it
The US leaders were hoping and praying the Japanese would finally surrender so they would not have to invade Japan. They were trying to prevent the deaths of millions of Japanese, Allied Force warriors including Russian Red Army soldiers. The Japanese Military was not willing to surrender. to defeat japan quickly and save american lifes
Japan has not tried to invade Russia. However, they did try to invade Mongolia which is bordered by Russia. The invasion was stopped by the Russian army.
The Allied Occupation of Japan lasted from 1945 to 1952.
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General Douglas MacArthur .
It certainly convinced US war planners that any attack on mainland Japan would be costly in terms of American lives.
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