[sundarurfriend]

> The conventional bombing of Japan was scheduled for massive increase.

Allegedly.

It's possible it's true, but claims like this have the incentive of selling the "atom bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary and justified" narrative behind them, so that should be taken into account as a factor.

It doesn't even have to be consciously disingenous - the more one can convince oneself (and thus eventually others) of how destructive and costly conventional warfare would have been, the more digestible the nuclear option becomes, so there's a lot of motivation to fuel some motivated reasoning.

[pfdietz]

There's no reason to doubt it. The resources that had been devoted to Europe were freed up and now could be fully focused on Japan.