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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giangreco, D. M., 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Operation Downfall, 1945-1946.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945.

Armed Forces.

History.

United States--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.

United States.

Military campaigns.

Japan.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 552 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

Updated and expanded.

Other Title:

Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]

Contents:

Foreword to the first edition: "Three colonels" / by Stanley Weintraub

The maximum "bloodletting and delay"

Spinning the casualties

The First Army and Kwantung redeployments

The Pacific buildup and Berlin decision

"Not the recipe for victory"

The decision

Japanese defense plans

"Victory might be salvaged"

The "manpower box"

Mistakes and misperceptions

"To break Japan's spine"

What is defeat?

The amphibious operation

On the ground

Unexamined factors

A "target-rich environment:

The Hokkaido myth

Half a million Purple Hearts

"Punishment from heaven"

Epilogue: Extract from a letter written by James Michener, October 20, 1995

Appendix A. G-2 estimates 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. Operation Blacklist, the occupation of Japan.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-525) and index.

ISBN:

1682471659

9781682471654

OCLC:

988046824