hostilities, and the show of force to deter new or continued threats. Posted By: 5h4n3Got Definately justified The estimated loss of American soldiers, if we were to invade Japan's mainland without the use of nuclear bombs, was over a million. Japan was also estimated to lose more than the amount lost due to the bombs. The bombs killed a little over 300 thousand, but the estimated amount of lives lost is over 2 million. For this reason the bombing was justified. Posted By: Anonymous Less people died then if America invaded Japan on land by assault The war in the pacific had been raging for almost four years. The two battles immediately preceding the bomb decision were iwo jima and okinawa, two battles where the Japanese fought to the death and the cost in American casualties was horrific. It was predicted that the invasion of the Japanese mainland at the island of kyushu -- scheduled for November of 1945 -- would be even worse. The entire Japanese military and civilian population would fight to the death. American casualties -- just for that initial invasion to get a foothold on the island of Japan would have taken up to an estimated two months and would have resulted in up to 75,000 to 100,000 casualties -- up to 20,000 dead! And that was just the beginning. Once the island of kyushu was captured by U.S. Troops, the remainder of Japan would follow. You can just imagine the cost in injuries and lives