July 21, 1937, marked the official start of Australasia's military operations.
The Island Nation had a much larger population than Australasia. If the war entered a stalemate, Australasia would suffer many unnecessary losses.
Therefore, when formulating the war plan, Arthur demanded that the Staff Department minimize casualties as much as possible and bring the war to an end as quickly as possible.
The battle plan provided by the Staff Department called for roughly 800,000 troops to attack Kyushu Island, seize the beaches, and land at Nagasaki and Kagoshima.
The remaining 2.2 million troops would attack along the Osaka-Nagoya-to-Tokyo line while drawing as many Island Nation Army troops as possible to garrison the area.
The plan alone made it clear that Australasia's offensive would focus mainly on important Island Nation cities such as Nagasaki, Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo.
It had to be remembered that the Island Nation was a country with little land and a large population. The defenses of such important cities were naturally bound to be the tightest.
So the question was: Why was Australasia concentrating its attacks on cities that were certain to have large numbers of Island Nation Army troops stationed there?
The purpose was actually very simple: to concentrate the Island Nation's military strength as much as possible, then deliver a devastating blow.
Yes, whether or not the Japanese had made preparations, Arthur had long since planned to use atomic bombs in this war.
No matter which city it was, as long as large numbers of Island Nation Army troops gathered there, it fell within the range of Australasia's nuclear strikes.
As for whether the nuclear strikes would cause massive casualties among the Island Nation's civilians in those cities, that too had been taken into consideration by Australasia.
The day before dropping an atomic bomb, Australasia