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Operation Downfall - The 2-phase invasion of Japan that would have needed 2.5M troops

In 1945, US planners prepared Operation Downfall, a two-stage invasion of Japan led by General Douglas MacArthur. Operation ...
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The grim scenarios historians still debate when imagining Operation Downfall

This video explores how Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan in 1945, could have created one of the most devastating military campaigns in history. Analysts break down the scale of the ...
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Americans planned a massive invasion of Japan for November 1945. But it didn’t happen.

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...
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Operation Downfall

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Some... Here’s ...