OPERATION
DOWNFALL An
Invasion NOT found in the history books.
If this had happened, it means the A-Bomb did not come about and a lot of us would maybe not be here today.
If this had happened, it means the A-Bomb did not come about and a lot of us would maybe not be here today.
Deep in the recesses of the National Archives in
of pages of yellowing and dusty documents stamped "Top Secret". These documents, now declassified, are the
plans for Operation Downfall, the invasion of
Only a few Americans in 1945
were aware of the elaborate plans that had been prepared for the Allied
Invasion
of the Japanese home islands. Even fewer today are aware of the
defenses the Japanese had prepared to
counter the invasion had it
been
launched. Operation Downfall was finalized during the spring and summer
of 1945.
It called for two massive military undertakings to be carried out in
succession and aimed at the heart
of the Japanese Empire.
Read a full story at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall
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