Why were the allies ‘scared’ of invading Japan if the Japanese military was effective...?

Answer: Because the Japanese were fighting to the death.​ Consider Iwo Jima.​ T.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Why were the allies 'scared' of invading Japan if the Japanese military was effectively non existent by then? Douglas Lennox, Owns a dedicated WWII bookshelf. Written Jun 1 Because the Japanese were fighting to the death. Consider Iwo Jima. The US attacked with 110,000 men and suffered 26,000 casualties with about 8,000 dead. Of the 20,000 or s... Read More » Did America ever send someone to verify the Xinjiang situation? Huijian Wu, CTO (2005-present) Written Apr 13 1. So far, apart from CNN, none of the major US media such as the New York Times and fox news have sent a single journalist to Xinjiang. And the CNN reporter ran to Xinjiang... Read More » Where do cats go when they don't come home for 2 or 3 days? Kim Freeman, 10 years as a pet detective for cats Written Sep 23, 2018 My full time job is recovering lost cats, and in my experience, unless the cat is unaltered, when they disappear for more than 24 hours, it's often because they're either h... Read More » Were Japanese troops concerned or afraid if they realised they were engaging Gurkha troops? Brent Cooper, Trial and appellate counsel for Cooper & Scully (1993-present) Written Jun 3 Initially the Japanese had no respect. However, once they encountered them their respect grew immensely and they realized the Gurkhas were formidable opponents. "One of thes... Read More » Why has no-one cleared the rubble under the American side of Niagara Falls? It would be a lot more impressive like the Canadian side without this mess. Steven Haddock, LL.B. degree, 25 years in litigation, administrative law, collections, bankrupty... Written May 14 When the engineers stopped the water flowing over the American side in the 1960s, they did a very careful geological examination of the American falls. The consensus was if ... Read More » Why do ancient Turks look more Chinese than Chinese? Masaya Mucaro, lives in The United States of America Written May 15 Because the ancient Turkic people's original homeland is either in Central-northeastern China, or in Siberia (there are competing theories). They were phenotypically Asian ... Read More » Why do Maine Coons act so differently than other cats? Andrew Olson, PIT Jockey and FC Tramp at Amazon (2017-present) Written Apr 18 Mommymommymommy! Pick me up! Pet me! What are you doing? ... Read More » How important were Karl Marx's mathematical works? Alon Amit (אלון עמית), PhD in Mathematics; Mathcircler. Written Sep 22, 2016 Karl Marx' mathematical works aren't important to mathematics or mathematics education. Around the 1870's, Marx worked to understand the definition of the derivative in infi... Read More » Why do the Japanese not care about the American occupation of Japan? Manabu Takei, former Marketing Executive Updated Feb 13 There is a notion that the country Japan may be called 日本 (Nihon) but most Japanese would agree that alternatively the country should be called アメリパン (Ameripan). Me and Fell... Read More » If a cat sleeps on its human, does this mean it's bonded to them? Bruce Dyer, Experience with cats for over 60 years Written Jul 4, 2020 Thank you, Frank Gentile, for your question: If a cat sleeps on its human does this mean it's bonded to them? I'm going to try to do one answer to this question and to anot... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/