>>96 I know it did not happen, because we used a way to avert that situation. What, do you think the Japs would have danced in the streets and welcomed the American soldiers? They would have fought us. Some may surrender, but a majority would have fought. We anticipated the worst case scenario with the invasion of Japan, which would have left well over a million dead. So we chose to see if we could end the war before millions of americans and japanese are killed in the invasion.