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"Shock and awe," the most supreme form of posturing was the big reason. We had plans to invade mainland Japan, which would have killed a lot more Japanese and Americans than dropping an A-bomb. The invasion plan was called Operation Downfall, and the Wiki page for it has some great info about projected casualties versus actual nuclear bomb casualties.
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