Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco.
Giangreco, D. M., 1952-
2009
D767.2 .G53 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco.
Author Giangreco, D. M., 1952-
ISBN 9781591143161 (alk. paper)
1591143160 (alk. paper)
Imprint Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2009.
Language English
Description xxiii, 362 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Call Number D767.2 .G53 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.54/252
Summary A comprehensive and compelling examination of the many complex issues that comprised the strategic plans for the American invasion of Japan, this groundbreaking history counters the revisionist interpretations that question President Truman's rationale for using the atom bomb.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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