> Also 90,000,000 people doesn't mean 90,000,000 soldiers, especially when a large part of them hate their own regime.

You know what engenders nationalism? Attack on your way of life and the murder of someone you know by said attack.

Right re 80 million in Germany.

After a bombing campaign, most of the people tend to hate whoever bombed them.

German geography makes it much easier to invade (most of the country except for the far south is a relatively flat plain). And it still wasn't much fun for the troops who had to do it in 1944 and 1945 even against a significantly weakened force fighting on multiple fronts at once

I bet that "large part" isn't thrilled about the US bombing civilians, including children, either.

Indeed it’s an odd argument. The regime is immensely unpopular. If it weren’t for the murderous crackdown they would have been overthrown long ago.