Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco.

Author/creator Giangreco, D. M., 1952-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnnapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxxiii, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Subjects
Operation Downfall, 1945-1946.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --Japan.
United States--Armed Forces. --History. --World War, 1939-1945.

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) -- Appendix D: extract from a letter written by James Michener, October 20, 1995.
Abstract 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009027766
ISBN9781591143161 (alk. paper)
ISBN1591143160 (alk. paper)

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