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X-Day: The Invasion of Japan poster

X-Day: The Invasion of Japan 

By spring of 1942, Japan controlled the western Pacific, the Philippines, and large parts of Indochina. America and her allies knew that final victory could only be achieved by unconditional surrender and that would involve occupation of the Japanese homeland. This is the story Operation Downfall, the plan to invade and occupy Japan that would dwarf the D-Day landings in Europe. According to the plan, on X-Day--November 1, 1945--General MacArthur would lead an invasion force onto the beaches of Kyushu, the southern most of the Japanese Islands. Y-Day would follow six months later when the largest beach landing in military history would take Tokyo. Politicians and military strategists knew that Japanese resistance would be ferocious. Plans for the invasion continued throughout 1945 until President Truman made the decision to drop the atom bomb. We trace the invasion plans from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and analyze why Truman chose the bomb over Operation Downfall.
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By spring of 1942, Japan controlled the western Pacific, the Philippines, and large parts of Indochina. America and her allies knew that final victory could only be achieved by unconditional surrender and that would involve occupation of the Japanese homeland. This is the story Operation Downfall, the plan to invade and occupy Japan that would dwarf the D-Day landings in Europe. According to the plan, on X-Day--November 1, 1945--General MacArthur would lead an invasion force onto the beaches of Kyushu, the southern most of the Japanese Islands. Y-Day would follow six months later when the largest beach landing in military history would take Tokyo. Politicians and military strategists knew that Japanese resistance would be ferocious. Plans for the invasion continued throughout 1945 until President Truman made the decision to drop the atom bomb. We trace the invasion plans from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and analyze why Truman chose the bomb over Operation Downfall.

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Genre:Documentary
Directed By:Andy Webb
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Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Canal Historia

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Andy Webb

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Waldo Henrichs

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

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Douglas MacArthur

Self (archive footage)

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Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

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Geoffrey Perret

Self - Author

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Edward Desrosiers

Self - 1st Battalion, Iwo Jima

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Chester W. Nimitz

Self (archive footage)

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Alfred Cialfi

Self - 2nd Battalion, Iwo Jima

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Daniel Vece Jr.

Self - Pioneer Battalion, Iwo Jima

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Bernard Dobbins

Self - 3rd Battalion, Iwo Jima

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George Abel

Self - 1st Battalion, Iwo Jima

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