Posted on Feb 17, 2023
The Costly Kyushu Invasion of Operation Olympic?
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Another source on this
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-proposed-invasion-of-japan
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-proposed-invasion-of-japan
The Proposed Invasion of Japan
On 8 May 1945, the Allies celebrated VE Day, marking the end of the war in Europe. But the war in the east still raged on and Japanese surrender seemed a long way off. What did the proposed invasion of Japan look like?
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
Truman’s Nightmare: U.S. Invasion of Japan, 1945-46
Daunting terrain and fanatical resistance threatened to take a horrific toll on GI invaders. The operation for the occupation of Japan following the
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The Japanese civilians were preparing to fight us along with the military. I read a book about 30 years ago saying the atomic attacks saved millions of Japanese civilian lives which would have been lost to combat and starvation.
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