"The Fat Lady Sings": Victory in the Pacific
Air War, Surrender, Occupation
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Contents
General:
- Memo from General Marshall to the Secretary of War, re: "Unconditional Surrender"
- CINCPAC: Summary Report of Operations in the Pacific Ocean Areas--August 1945
The Air War, 1944-1945:
- The Strategic Air War Against Germany and Japan: A Memoir, by Maj. Gen. Haywood S. Hansell, Jr. USAF (Ret.)
- B-29s Against Coke Ovens
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UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY
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Campaigns of the Pacific War
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Chapter XV:
Final Naval Operations
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HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
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Vol. XIV Victory in the Pacific, 1945
- U.S. Navy at War, 1945-1945 [Official Reports by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S.N.]
- Lt. Comdr. Samuel Robert Sherman, MC, USNR, Flight Surgeon on USS Franklin when it was heavily damaged by a Japanese bomber near the Japanese mainland on 19 March 1945 [NHC: oral history]
- First leaflet dropped over Japan in conjunction with A-bombs
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The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (USSBS)
- MANHATTAN Project
- Trinity Atomic Web Site, by Gregory Walker
- Unconditional Surrender, Demobilization, and the Atomic Bomb, Dr. Michael D. Pearlman [Combat Studies Institute Special Study]
- "To Bomb Not To Bomb" by Dennis Giangreco -- A review essay covering books on the atom bomb and planned invasion of Japan in Naval War College Review
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LITTLE BOY: Hiroshima, 6 Aug 1945
- FAT MAN: Nagasaki, 9 Aug 1945
The Strategic Bombing Campaign: 1944-1945
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ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II
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Vol. V: The Pacific: MATTERHORN to Nagasaki, June 1944 to August 1945
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Part I:
The Twentieth Air Force and MATTERHORN
Part IV: Strategic Bombardment From Pacific Bases
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The High Road to Tokyo Bay: The AAF in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Hitting Home: The Air Offensive Against Japan
The Carrier Siege: 1945
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Code Name DOWNFALL -- the Invasion of Japan
(Related: Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Doctrine for amphibious operations.)-
Case History: Planning the End of the War Against Japan
[UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: THE WAR DEPARTMENT: Washington Command Post: The Operations Division] - Future Operations [HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, Vol. V Victory and Occupation]
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REPORTS OF GENERAL MACARTHUR
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The Campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific,
- Operation DOWNFALL (Invasion of Japan), Strategic Plan, May 1945
- Casualty Projections for the U.S. Invasions Of Japan, 1945-1946: Planning And Policy Implications
- PASTEL: Deception in the Invasion of Japan, Dr. Thomas M. Huber [Combat Studies Institute Special Study]
- Transcript of "Operation DOWNFALL [US invasion of Japan]: US Plans and Japanese Counter-Measures" by D. M. Giangreco, US Army Command and General Staff College, 16 February 1998
- Operation DOWNFALL: The Devil Was in the Details by D. M. Giangreco
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The Final Months of the War
With Japan: Signals Intelligence, U.S. Invasion Planning, and the A-Bomb Decision
OLYMPIC -- the Invasion of Kyushu
- [Other sources]
- V [Marine] Amphibious Corps Planning for Operation Olympic and the Role of Intelligence in Support of Planning, Major Mark P. Arens, USMCR
- The Japanese Plan to Defend Kyushu
- Japanese Plan for September Defense of Kyushu, Report, Dec 1945.
- "Ketsu-go" -- the Japanese Army Air Force Plan [notes on Japanese monograph]
CORONET -- the Invasion of Honshu
- [Other sources]
"The Voice of the Crane:" Japan Surrenders
- Japan's Struggle to End the War [UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY]
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The Axis In Defeat: A Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward German and Japan
(including: Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender (Potsdam Declaration), July 26, 1945 · Japanese Offer of Surrender, August 10, 1945 · Japanese Acceptance of Potsdam Declaration, August 14, 1945 · Japanese Surrender Documents, September 1-2, 1945 · President Truman's Radio Address, September 1, 1945) -
REPORTS OF GENERAL MACARTHUR
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The Campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific,
- Gen. Marshal memo: "Basic Objective in the Pacific War" (re: "Unconditional Surrender")
- Memoranda for the President: Japanese Feelers
- The Information War in the Pacific, 1945
- Hirohito's Surrender Broadcast
- Imperial Rescript Broadcast to Japanse Troops
- Newsreel of the Surrender Ceremony aboard USS Missouri
- Documents Relating to the Japanese Surrender
- Naval Historical Center FAQ: Tokyo Bay Surrender
The Occupation of Japan:
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Pocket Guide to Japan
War Dept. publication for occupation troops -
The Axis In Defeat: A Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward German and Japan
(including: United States Proposal for Establishment of Far Eastern Advisory Commission, August 21, 1945 · U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, August 29, 1945 · Authority of General MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, September 6, 1945 · Directive of General MacArthur to the Japanese Government, October 4, 1945) - United States Army and Navy Manual of Military Government and Civil Affairs [US Army Field Manual FM 27-5]
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HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
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Vol. V: Victory and Occupation
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MARINES IN WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIVE HISTORY
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Securing the Surrender: Marines in the Occupation of Japan
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MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL REFERENCE PAMPHLET
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Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: Chapter 31--
After V-J Day (Bases in Japan and N. China)
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East
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Judgement of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
(Including formation of the Tribunal; Indictments; outline of the major phases of the wars in Manchuria, China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific; and appendices containing the relevant international treaties and assurances upon which the charges were based.)
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Judgement of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Occupation Activites Outside of Japan
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HISTORY OF U.S. MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II
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Vol. V: Victory and Occupation
- MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL REFERENCE PAMPHLET
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