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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5897378" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/11/06/the-campaign-to-conquer-japan-would-have-dwarfed-the-d-day-landings/#google_vignette[/URL]</p><p></p><p>“Both sides braced for heavy casualties. The U.S. military, expecting resistance by a “fanatically hostile population,” made preparations for between 1.7 and four million casualties with up to 800,000 dead. Between five and 10 million Japanese deaths were projected.</p><p></p><p>The Japanese leadership had no illusions that this final act of resistance would somehow lead to victory, but many in the high command were optimistic that a spirited defence might compel the Allies to negotiate a favourable peace rather than spend the resources and lives in such an epic fight.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5897378, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/11/06/the-campaign-to-conquer-japan-would-have-dwarfed-the-d-day-landings/#google_vignette[/URL] “Both sides braced for heavy casualties. The U.S. military, expecting resistance by a “fanatically hostile population,” made preparations for between 1.7 and four million casualties with up to 800,000 dead. Between five and 10 million Japanese deaths were projected. The Japanese leadership had no illusions that this final act of resistance would somehow lead to victory, but many in the high command were optimistic that a spirited defence might compel the Allies to negotiate a favourable peace rather than spend the resources and lives in such an epic fight.” [/QUOTE]
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