Description: In this 200th Campaign series title Clayton Chun examines the final stages of World War II (1939-1945) as the Allies debated how to bring about the surrender of Japan. Chun not only describes the actual events but also analyzes the possible operations to capture the Japanese mainland which were never implemented. He details Operation Downfall (the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands) and its two-phased approach. Firstly Operation Olympic would see the invasion of Kyushu, followed by Operation Coronet which would see the invasion of the area around Tokyo. Chun goes on to examine exactly why these plans were never implemented, including Allied fears that both military and civilian casualties would be terrible and would result in a long, drawn out war of attrition. He then goes on to examine the horrific alternative to military invasion - the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear weapons - which made the Allied threat of "prompt and utter destruction" a reality. With a series of illustrations, including detailed diagrams of the atomic bombs, a depiction of the different stages of the explosions and maps of the original invasion plans, this book provides a unique perspective of a key event in world history.
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EAN: 9781846032844
UPC: 9781846032844
ISBN: 9781846032844
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Book Title: Japan 1945 : from Operation Downfall to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.2 in
Publication Year: 2008
Topic: Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / World War II, Military / Strategy, Asia / Japan
Illustrator: Yes, White, John
Genre: History
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Author: Clayton K. S. Chun
Item Length: 9.7 in
Item Width: 7.3 in
Book Series: Campaign Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback