The US considered invading Japanese-occupied Taiwan in World War II. Top US commanders decided it would be a high-casualty nightmare. Chinese invaders today could face similar challenges. The US once ...
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What If Japan Hadn’t Surrendered in WWII? A Look at the Horrifying ‘Operation Downfall’
-The two-stage plan, Operations Olympic and Coronet, would have involved more than twice the forces of the Normandy landings and was expected to be unimaginably costly. -Facing a fanatical defense, ...
The United States launched a massive invasion of the Japanese home island of Okinawa, with an initial landing of 60,000 soldiers and marines, on this day in history, April 1, 1945. The Battle of ...
Ever since the Battle of Midway in June 1942, American forces had been on the offensive, moving across the central and south Pacific. Step by step, island by island, they had pushed Japanese forces ...
It’s just about time for the annual bemoaning about the U.S. use of the atomic bomb to end the war against Japan in 1945. Yet a simple review of the historical facts shows the self-flagellation to be ...
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