Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34436445-20180613173319/@comment-26107879-20180702052111

1) The allied shinobi force is made of 80k shinobi stated in chapter 512. There is no evidence of any other village being apart of the alliance since that alliance took place at the Kage summit and was only attended by the Kage. As I said, the Databook lists Konoha has a 3/5 in military force with only Kumo and Iwa being ahead with a 4. Meanwhile Suna's is low being only a 2/5. That kind of evens it out. So with 6 forces and 80k divide by 6, and it's around 14 thousand. I gave the samurai the benefit of the doubt even though it's stated the custom is dying out.

2) The Anbu don't always follow the orders of the Hokage. Itachi is a fine example. Hiruzen told him to buy him time so he can find a peaceful solution, and instead followed Danzo's orders. So in the end, an Anbu is not a mindless drone. What reason can Hiruzen say to have a whole clan wiped out? The Uchiha was a different matter. There was already animosity and hatred for the clan since the Kyubi attack. If Hiruzen was like "We're wiping out the Nara clan" people are going to be like what the hell? And all it takes is a Hyuga to see when someone is being controlled.

3) Itachi did indeed think the Uchiha would lose. Chapter 590 when Itachi first received and accepted the mission to wipe out the Uchiha. Danzo pretty much says, you know we're going to wipe the Uchiha out right? If you don't stand with us, I'm going to make sure Sasuke is included. So make a choice, wipe out your clan and I'll spare Sasuke, or help your clan and be wiped out. It's safe to assume which one he chose.