Japanese air force Ki-84 and later fighter planes would have made mince meat out of American bombers. With every bomber shot down, at least 10 American men die. The US cannot afford to lose thousands of bombers over Japan every month
Good point. The American military commanders would've continuously dropped bombs, destroy every working industry, and naval blockade japan into starvation until the leaders surrender.
They had
already pretty much fire-bombed everywhere.
67 Japanese Cities Firebombed in World War II
Japanese Cities
City / % destroyed / size comparison to a US city
Yokohama / 58 / Cleveland
Tokyo / 51 / New York
Toyama / 99 / Chattanooga
Nagoya / 40 / Los Angeles
Osaka / 35.1 / Chicago
Nishinomiya / 11.9 / Cambridge
Siumonoseki / 37.6 / San Diego
Kure / 41.9 / Toledo
Kobe / 55.7 / Baltimore
Omuta / 35.8 / Miami
Wakayama / 50 / Salt Lake City
Kawasaki / 36.2 / Portland
Okayama / 68.9 / Long Beach
Yawata / 21.2 / San Antonio
Kagoshima / 63.4 / Richmond
Amagasaki / 18.9 / Jacksonville
Sasebo / 41.4 / Nashville
Moh / 23.3 / Spokane
Miyakonoio / 26.5 / Greensboro
Nobeoka / 25.2 / Augusta
Miyazaki / 26.1 / Davenport
Hbe / 20.7 / Utica
Saga / 44.2 / Waterloo
Imabari / 63.9 / Stockton
Matsuyama / 64 / Duluth
Fukui / 86 / Evansville
Tokushima / 85.2 / Ft. Wayne
Sakai / 48.2 / Forth Worth
Hachioji / 65 / Galveston
Kumamoto / 31.2 / Grand Rapids
Isezaki / 56.7 / Sioux Falls
Takamatsu / 67.5 / Knoxville
Akashi / 50.2 / Lexington
Fukuyama / 80.9 / Macon
Aomori / 30 / Montgomery
Okazaki / 32.2 / Lincoln
Oita / 28.2 / Saint Joseph
Hiratsuka / 48.4 / Battle Creek
Tokuyama / 48.3 / Butte
Yokkichi / 33.6 / Charlotte
Uhyamada / 41.3 / Columbus
Ogaki / 39.5 / Corpus Christi
Gifu / 63.6 / Des Moines
Shizuoka / 66.1 / Oklahoma City
Himeji / 49.4 / Peoria
Fukuoka / 24.1 / Rochester
Kochi / 55.2 / Sacramento
Shimizu / 42 / San Jose
Omura / 33.1 / Sante Fe
Chiba / 41 / Savannah
Ichinomiya / 56.3 / Sprinfield
Nara / 69.3 / Boston
Tsu / 69.3 / Topeka
Kuwana / 75 / Tucson
Toyohashi / 61.9 / Tulsa
Numazu / 42.3 / Waco
Chosi / 44.2 / Wheeling
Kofu / 78.6 / South Bend
Utsunomiya / 43.7 / Sioux City
Mito / 68.9 / Pontiac
Sendai / 21.9 / Omaha
Tsuruga / 65.1 / Middleton
Nagaoka / 64.9 / Madison
Hitachi / 72 / Little Rock
Kumagaya / 55.1 / Kenosha
Hamamatsu / 60.3 / Hartford
Maebashi / 64.2 / Wheeling
Bullocks. Had American soldiers dared to step on the Japanese mainland, Japanese people would have killed them with kitchen knives, Samurai swords, shred them to pieces using teeth and hands.
Exactly. The US had already bombed enough.
It didn't work. The worst option was invasion and that would be a horrible bloodbath for both sides and that was next. The bomb was an option that they tried first.