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001 2009027766
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020 $a9781591143161 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aD767.2$b.G53 2009
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100 1 $aGiangreco, D. M.,$d1952-
245 10 $aHell to pay :$bOperation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 /$cD.M. Giangreco.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0910
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword: "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).
650 0 $aOperation Downfall, 1945-1946.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zJapan.
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xHistory$yWorld War, 1939-1945.