I am trying to get the erlier thread back in motion, at least one of the sub-sections.
Wiki:
On Marshall's orders, Major General
John E. Hull looked into the tactical use of
nuclear weapons for the invasion of the Japanese home islands (even after the dropping of two strategic atomic bombs on Japan, Marshall did not think that the Japanese would capitulate immediately). Colonel
Lyle E. Seeman reported that at least seven bombs would be available by X-Day, which could be dropped on defending forces.
Ken Nichols, the District Engineer of the
Manhattan Engineer District, wrote that at the beginning of August 1945, "[p]lanning for the invasion of the main Japanese home islands had reached its final stages, and if the landings actually took place, we might supply about fifteen atomic bombs to support the troops."
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What would Japan-US relations be today if tht had been done?
The thing is, these bombs might have been used on japanese armies, not just terror bombing of civilians. How big a difference in terms of "accepance" would that have meant?
Would Soviet see an even bigger threat, if US could produce 15 bombs this fast?
Ivan