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77 years ago, the US's largest invasion in the Pacific may have prevented an even bigger fight with the Japanese

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In spring 1945, the US island-hopping campaign was drawing closer to the Japanese mainland. US commanders were thinking about an ...
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Operation Downfall - The 2-phase invasion of Japan that would have needed 2.5M troops

In 1945, US planners prepared Operation Downfall, a two-stage invasion of Japan led by General Douglas MacArthur. Operation ...
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See This Picture? An Invasion of Japan Would Have Been Far Worse

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Some argue ...
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Operation Downfall

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Some... Here’s ...
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The War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

Beach assault, Saipan, June 1944. USGov PD. June 15, 1944 U.S. Marines and Army troops, supported by a massive fleet, invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific. June 19, 1944 Japan's ...