An edition of Hell to pay
(2009)
Hell to pay
Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47
by D. M. Giangreco
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Hell to pay: Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47
2009, Naval Institute Press
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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).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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