Re:History's deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during Wor...
by missedthecue on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @08:41PM
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The allied invasion of Japan was going to consist of over 6 million allied soldiers.
1.5 million was not anywhere near enough. The Soviets fielded 2x that in the Battle of Berlin alone!
But it does seem strange to say they were not in a position to make a "meaningful" entry by that point, given the order of battle employed in the Manchuria campaign (per WP):