Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947
Naval Institute Press, 2009. Hardcover. Oversized hardcover. Fine (prev.own. name front free endpaper and title page) in fine dust jacket. xxiii+ 362 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. A comprehensive and compelling examination of the many complex issues that encompassed the strategic plans for the proposed American invasion of Japan at and after the close of World War II. The planning was actually bnegun in 1943, two years before the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In its final form, Operation Downfall called for a massive Allied invasion(on a scale dwarfing D-Day) in two stages, both of which are detailed here. Fine / fine. Item #E33996
ISBN: 1591143160
Price: $19.95