It did save many American lives but at the cost of many Japanese lives.
Japan islands it wants back are the ones Russia took and were about to launch their assault on the main islands of Japan.
Japan never had any real intentions of invading Australia. The threat was used as a enlistment tool though and is still widely believed today.
Australian myth of Japanese proposed invasion[edit]
Former Head of the Centre for Historical Research at the
National Museum of Australia Dr
Peter Stanley has been critical of the oft-repeated, widespread myth that Japan intended to invade Australia, commenting "the invasion myth helps justify the parochial view Australians took of their war effort."
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