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Hell to pay

Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47

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Naval Institute Press
Language
English

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Subjects
Campaigns, Armed Forces, Operation Downfall, 1945-1946, World War, 1939-1945, History, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, World war, 1939-1945, japan, Atomic bomb
Places
United States, Japan
Times
World War, 1939-1945

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Hell to pay: Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47
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Annapolis, Md

Table of Contents

Foreword: "Three colonels" / by Stanley Weintraub
"The maximum bloodletting and delay"
Spinning the casualties
The First Army and Kwantung redeployments
The Pacific build-up and Berlin decision
"Not a recipe for victory "
The decision
Japanese defense plans
"Victory might be salvaged"
The "manpower box"
Mistakes and misperceptions
What is defeat?
The amphibious operation
On the ground
Unexamined factors
A "target-rich environment"
Half a million Purple Hearts
"Punishment from heaven"
Afterword
Appendix A: G-2 estimate of enemy situation on Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, August 1, 1945
Appendix B: G-2 analysis of Japanese plans for the defense of Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, December 31, 1945
Appendix C: Proclamation defining terms for Japanese surrender issued at Potsdam, July 26, 1945 (Potsdam Declaration).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/252
Library of Congress
D767.2 .G53 2009, D767.2.G53 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24061599M
Internet Archive
helltopayoperati0000gian
ISBN 13
9781591143161
LCCN
2009027766
OCLC/WorldCat
251225000

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