volbound1700
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We didn't need to invade mainland Japan. We could have sent troops into China and wiped out the Kwantuang army. Japan's main reason for going to war with the USA was to solve the oil problem it needed to win the war in mainland China. So the main goal of Japan was what they took from China. Had we defeated their army in China, they would have nothing left. Also China likely doesn't go Communists or worse, is split into North and South China like Korea.
China going Communist was the greatest geopolitical mistake the USA made in the 20th Century and had we followed that path, send troops into China to help the Chinese army (Chang Kai-Shek), the Nationalist Chinese would have never been driven off the Mainland by the Communists as USA troops would have stayed there (like South Korea) and the entire Asia situation is changed drastically. I also think Japan would have surrendered as they would have lost the Army, Navy, and Air Force. In 1945, it was the army hardliners who kept the war going because they hadn't lost in China or Southeast Asia yet (only Burma).
