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WASHINGTON CONSIDERS NUCLEAR OPTION
Emperor Hirohito urged his staff to
seek a diplomatic peace, but Prime
Minister Kantaro Suzuki refused and an
invasion seemed the only option.
But US forces had taken the island
of Okinawa in 82 days with almost
50,000 personnel killed, missing in
action or wounded.
Thj casualty figures prompted fears of
even higher death tolls if the US,
Britain, Australia, New Zealand, China
and the other Allies invaded.
Instead, the Americans tested the
world's first atomic bomb.
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Attlee Front Line Front 2 Surrender