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Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47
- Title
- Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco.
- Author
- Giangreco, D. M., 1952-
- Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xxx, 552 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Previous edition: 2009.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-525) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-5323
- ISBN
- 1682471659
- 9781682471654
- LCCN
- 2015490754
- OCLC
- 988046824
- Author
- Giangreco, D. M., 1952- author.
- Title
- Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco.
- Publisher
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Edition
- Updated and expanded.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-525) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1946
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-5323