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Also, as long as the fanaticism American soldiers encountered in the civilian populations as they made their way up through the South Pacific (particularly at Okinawa) had continued, even the “non-combatant” deaths in a mainland invasion would likely have far surpassed the deaths from the two bombs. As horrific as the bombings were, it’s very difficult to argue that they weren’t a net positive to the final death toll.As crazy as it sounds, from my understanding the atomic bombs probably saved lives. The red army were about to launch a massive ground assault on Japan and the US would have had to confront them somewhere in the middle. The Japanese losses would have been devastating fighting on two fronts. The bombs proved it was futile to resist and prevented the Russians getting involved.