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Originally posted by seretogis
I think the invasion referred to above was the necessary invasion of Japan (if we hadn't dropped the bombs), which would have cost a huge amount of American lives.
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Saving lives was not the primary issue. The Soviets were already moving troops into Kamchatka to launch an invasion. The bombs were dropped to hasten the surrender of Japan to the US, and avoid a possible partition issue with the Soviets.