Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. The planned operation was...

Look up downfall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Downfall may refer to: The Downfall (novel), an 1892 book by Émile Zola Downfall: The End of the...

Proposed landing sites for Operation Downfall Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end...

Part of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan in March 1946, made unnecessary by the Japanese surrender in August 1945 Operation Coronet Nighthawk...

because of their proximity to the United Kingdom. Operation Dropshot Operation Pike Operation Downfall Plan Totality Seven Days to the River Rhine Soviet...

become detrimental towards the invading armies, in that, alike to Operation Downfall, the anticipated losses would have substantially increased for maritime...

Normandy campaign Liberation of France Operation Downfall Rhino tank The Italian Social Republic forces during Operation Overlord were composed of the 4,000...

Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 is a book by Dennis Giangreco. It is about Operation Downfall, the proposed invasion...

in the War Department about conserving the bombs in production for Operation Downfall, and Marshall that the remaining cities on the target list be spared...

Japanese home islands against the projected Allied invasion during Operation Downfall (Ketsugo Sakusen) in the final stages of World War II. They were the...

operation of the Pacific War, Operation Downfall, the Allied invasion of Japan. The operation had two parts: set to begin in October 1945, Operation Olympic...

Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-17. Antill, P. (2005). "Operation Downfall: The Planned Assault on Japan". v t e v t e...

use Kadena Air Base on the large island of Okinawa as a base for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands, 340 mi (550 km)...

Francisco-Suisun Bay area navy munitions depot at Port Chicago for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan. According to Harry Morgan, who served...

day Operation Downfall (the invasion of Japan) was to begin. The term also generically means "attack day". Y-Day 1 March 1946, the day Operation Coronet...

Truman to order Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall to launch Operation Downfall, the Allied invasion of Japan. In preparation for the invasion, a...

 434–. ISBN 978-0345497956. Clayton Chun (2013). Japan 1945: From Operation Downfall to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1472800206...

Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 historical war drama film written and produced by Bernd Eichinger and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. It is...

Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially...

was still raging on, King promised a voluntary force to fight in Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan, while Progressive Conservative Party...

admiral was made until 1945. At that time, during the preparations for Operation Downfall, the proposed invasion of Japan, the possibility was raised of promoting...

civil defense training. On April 8, 1945, in preparation for Operation Downfall (or Operation Ketsugō (決号作戦, Ketsugō sakusen) in Japanese terminology), the...

targets believe massive casualties on both sides would have occurred in Operation Downfall, the planned Allied invasion of Japan. The bulk of the force invading...

use Kadena Air Base on the large island of Okinawa as a base for Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands which were only...

Philippine Islands, and prepared for the anticipated invasion of Japan (Operation Downfall). On 6 and 9 August 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima...

projected Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands in Operation Downfall (or Operation Ketsugō (決号作戦, Ketsugō sakusen) in Japanese terminology). Although...

4-D and 2,4,5-T and would have used it against Japan in 1946 during Operation Downfall if the war had continued. In the years after the war, the U.S. tested...

landings of Allied forces in the San'yo region of western Honshū during Operation Downfall. The Japanese 59th Army consisted mostly of poorly trained reservists...

and was initially to take part in the invasion of Japan, codenamed Operation Downfall. However, the Japanese surrendered just weeks later and XVIII Airborne...

deter possible landings of Allied forces in central Honshū during Operation Downfall. The Japanese 52nd Army was based in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture and...