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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, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 362 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFF 10-505
- ISBN
- 9781591143161 (alk. paper)
- 1591143160 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009027766
- OCLC
- 251225000
- Author
- Giangreco, D. M., 1952-
- Title
- Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco.
- Imprint
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 10-505