Monographie
Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco
Type de contenu
- Texte
Titre(s)
- Hell to pay : Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-47 / D.M. Giangreco
Auteur(s)
Adresse bibliographique
- Annapolis (Md.) : Naval Institute Press, cop. 2009
Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (xxiii-362 p.) : ill., cartes, jaquette ill. en coul. ; 26 cm
ISBN
- 978-1-59114-316-1 (rel.)
EAN
- 9781591143161
Classification décimale Dewey
- 940.54252 22
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
- Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
- 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)
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