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title: "Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947"
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# Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Are You Sick And Tired Of the Anti-Bomb Crowd?
  

*by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023*

The author D. M. Giangreco lays out the history with comprehensive footnotes as to sources. Long story short: The anti-bomb crowd relies on data from no later than late July 1945 (and some much earlier) all of which was gleaned from aerial reconnaissance and decoded messages then subjected to "analysis" (educated guessing). The result is that the remaining defensive strength of the Imperial Japanese ground, air and naval capabilities were grossly underestimated. In July 1945 Future Physics Nobel Prize Winner William Shockley used this same data the anti-Bomber used in a report for the War Department that concluded that the total American casualties would be 1.7M to 4M with 400k to 800k deaths for the two-pronged Operation Downfall as well as 10M Japanese. Giangreco delves into the data from the Operation Blacklist interviews and detective work compiled after the Occupation. From this on the ground data not compromised by the uncertainties of aerial reconnaissance and decoding it becomes clear that Mr. Shockley's report was indeed the work of a genius possessed of great insight.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An excellent look at ending World War II
  

*by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2011*

Dropping the bomb on Japan ended World War II while creating an endless discussion about the necessity of dropping the bomb.  This discussion creates a lot of heat and noise while never able to reach a definitive conclusion.  In 1945, there is no question that Japan is beaten.  The question is will the war end with Japan occupied or with a 1918 style surrender?  For both governments, the answer is clear.  America is not going to repeat 1918 in the Pacific and take the chance of another war in 20 years.  Japan looks to extend the war, create causalities and hope America changed its' mind.This book looks at the planning, logistics and possible causalities of an invading Japan.  The alternates of naval blockade and continued conventional bombing are covered.  Each of these had real problems and very little chance of success by 1947.  This wide-ranging study looks at the manpower problem America was starting to experience and war weariness.  In 1944 and 1945, American took almost one million causalities defeating Germany and driving Japan back to the home islands.  In June 1945, selective service deferments are tightened as America started to train the one million replacements needed for the invasion of Japan.This is a chilling read!  We are discussion deaths in the millions with five to ten million more injured.  The author shows how Japan was preparing to inflict the maximum damage on the invading force.  The conversion of Japanese into axillaries forces, air force training units into combat units and construction of national redoubts chills the reader.  American is considering using poison gas and all A-Bombs as tactical weapons.  The author walks a tightrope between best case and worst case.  In either event, it would have extended the war 12 to 24 months while creating millions of causalities.My Dad, Uncle Jim and Uncle John were in Europe.  My wife's Uncle Frank was in a training unit; her Uncle Albert was in the Philippines and her Uncle Arthur was in Europe.  My Uncle Kermit had two children and a farmer's deferment.  Reading this book, I could not help but think how many of them would have died invading Japan.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Extremely well researeched and referenced
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2009*

The morality of the U.S. use of atomic weapons to end World War Two has been argued about since news of the destruction of the two Japanese cities was reported. In the current atmosphere of revisionist history this event and the men who decided to perform it have been castigated and defamed. This book sets the record of events leading up to that decision straight and provides the primary source material to show how the bombs came to be dropped. It also takes a very close look at events that did happen after the war ended (such as weather) and others that did not but might have (such as the assault landings on the Japanese Home Islands). The author describes how that informtion is important and how it would have affect the conflict in Japan. He quotes extensively from sources on both sides of the war. It is amazing to me that our current intellectuals have been so critical of American leaders who publically stated their remorse over the destruction of innocent human life in the form of citizens of a nation we were at war with, while giving a pass to the leaders of that nation who were entirely willing to sacrifice 20,000,000 of their own civilians to get a better deal in the treaty to end the war.Every poorly constructed arguement of the revisionists is demolished with facts. No the Japanese military leadership was not about to surrender. No the invasion would not have been a walk over. No the horrific casualty projections were not made up after the war as a post facto justification for using the atomic weapons. Yes the civilians in Japan would have suffered even more in the event of a long drawn out blockage or even worse if the invasions had go in.Nowhere in revisionist history have I seen mention of the massive humanitarian aid that the USA intended upon supplying in the areas of occupation immediately upon controlling those areas, but detailed information on those efforts is here. We were allocating and transporting food and medical supplies into a war zone for the citizens of the nation that had attacked us, a nation that killed millions of Chinese for purely economic gain.This book should not only be read, it should be quoted, discussed and distributed. Well worth a read if you beleive that the use of the atomic weapons was justified. If you do not believe so read this book and its included references with an open mind and see if you still hold the position afterwards.

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