Originally Posted by
beardy
A battle that was part of a war which was won by gaining and holding territory.
Correct right up until Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
After those two events the whole game changed. The cold war concept of MAD was not based on gaining and holding territory in any way shape or form.
If the allies had possessed enough atomic bombs in 1944 or 5 then D-Day would not have been necessary. Germany would have been a ruined and wrecked country after a half dozen 'Hiroshimas' and no land invasion would have been needed.
Japan wasn't invaded and conquered, it was occupied after surrendering.