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Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the proposed plan by United States and British Empire forces for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. It was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war on Japan and invasion of Manchuria.

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Location
Mainland Japan
Casualties
See estimated casualties
Commanded by
Douglas MacArthur
Executed by
See order of battle
Objective
Defeat the Empire of Japan
Outcome
Cancelled after the unconditional surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945

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Planning

Operation Ketsugō

Allied re-evaluation of Operation Olympic

Estimated casualties

POW executions

Japanese casualties

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Operation Downfall

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Operation Downfall

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related to External links · 42
Operation Downfall → American, American Experience, Army Command, Atomic Bomb, Austin, Bauer, Combat Studies Institute, Coronet, Coronet Archived, December, Defense, Demobilization, Downfall, Forces, G-2, General Headquarters US Army, General Staff College, Hoyt, HV, Jack
related to Planning · 21
Operation Downfall → American, Army Air Forces, Army Douglas MacArthur, Army George Marshall, Arnold, At, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Fleet Admirals Ernest King, General, General Marshall, Generals, Henry, Japan, Joint Chiefs, Leahy, Manhattan Project, Once, Responsibility, Soviet, Staff
see also · 21
Operation Downfall → Alfred Coppel, Alternate, American, Contemporaneous British, German, Japan, Japanese WarBattle, Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Kingdom, Kinmen Islands, Mainland China, Manhattan ProjectOperation Causeway, Okinawa, Operation DownfallThe Burning Mountain, Operation Sea Lion, Robert Conroy, Soviet UnionSoviet, States, The, United KingdomOperation Unthinkable
Planned by · 3
Operation Downfall → Chester W. Nimitz, Douglas MacArthur, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Casualties · 1
Operation Downfall → See estimated casualties
Commanded by · 1
Operation Downfall → Douglas MacArthur
Executed by · 1
Operation Downfall → See order of battle
Location · 1
Operation Downfall → Mainland Japan
Objective · 1
Operation Downfall → Defeat the Empire of Japan
Outcome · 1
Operation Downfall → Cancelled after the unconditional surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945

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japanese would invasion japan 1945 war forces operation kyūshū army 000 air allied okinawa divisions islands american olympic coronet battle

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Operation DownfallCasualtiesSee estimated casualties1.00infobox
Operation DownfallCommanded byDouglas MacArthur1.00infobox
Operation DownfallExecuted bySee order of battle1.00infobox
Operation DownfallLocationMainland Japan1.00infobox
Operation DownfallObjectiveDefeat the Empire of Japan1.00infobox
Operation DownfallOutcomeCancelled after the unconditional surrender of Japan on August 15, 19451.00infobox
Operation DownfallPlannedBefore August 19451.00infobox
Operation DownfallPlanned byChester W. Nimitz1.00infobox
Operation DownfallPlanned byDouglas MacArthur1.00infobox
Operation DownfallPlanned byJoint Chiefs of Staff1.00infobox
the US First Armyinstance ofThese would have included spearheads of the war in Europe0.80text
the island of Shikokuinstance ofconsidered alternate places to invade0.80text

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