>If your enemies have more weapons to kill you then more of your people will die. This is a simple reality modern war.

I don't agree with the concept of killing a hundred civilians to save one soldier. While I can justify the civilian cost of destroying a factory building submarines, firebombing is a different story.

And while lowering production may drop them from having ten kamikaze pilots to eight, ending the war drops it from ten to near zero.

Finally it's ridiculous to claim the only two options were to nuke civilian population centers or invade. Peace talks are one obvious third option that is always completely ignored.