Using the A-bomb

[AChimp]

No, because in the end, it probably saved more lives than deaths that resulted from it.

Land invasion of Japan would have been long and bloody. Of course, victory would have been inevitable; a little island like Japan can only take so much pounding before it starts to give. Russia was preparing to invade in a few months, and Canada had already told the U.S. that we'd be onboard for an assault from our side.

There's a lot of speculation over whether or not Japan would have just surrendered anyways once the Allies moved their European forces to the other side of the world. It had already gotten to the point where American planes could fly over Japan virtually unmolested. I've argued both sides here over the years.