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>>I've always been under the impression that the US could have beaten Japan
>>without dropping the A-bomb.  Just like we beat Hitler. 
>>
>>But we had this new toy, and...   "let's see if it works."
>
>It's a little late to second guess that decision, considering that 
>the people who made it have been dead themselves for quite some time. 
>Dropping the two bombs certainly saved the lives of a lot of American 
>soldiers.

The US military expected to lose more in the invasion of Japan than in 
the entire European theatre. Japan would have lost 3 to 10 times as many. 
The atomic bombs were the most life-efficient way of ending the war.