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Originally Posted by CYDdharta
They couldn’t produce much because we were bombing the hell out of them. Are you advocating continuous bombing of their military, industrial and civilian centers as an alternative to killing civilians with Fat Man and Little Boy? I’m having a real hard time following your proposed strategy.
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at least now i have got you to admit their ability to produce much in 1945 was dwindling fast.
they could not produce much because they were out of resources (thats why they attempted expansion). If they were low on supplies prior to war with the united states, one can only imagine how exhausted they were in a resource sense by 1945. consider that the entire time they were fighting the island and naval wars with the US, they have one million men in China. In fact, they attempted to invade the pacific rim just so they could keep supporting their war in china.
continual bombing of their population may not have been required to maintain their inability to wage offensive warfare. Islands are easy to shut down externally from miles away.