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Operation Downfall: The Battle for Japan's Home Islands

Explore the events leading to President Truman's atomic bomb decision and the planned assault on Japan's home islands. Includes maps of Okinawa and Hiroshima, division statistics, and key sources analyzing the battle scenarios.

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Operation Downfall: The Battle for Japan's Home Islands

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  1. Digital History 390 Operations Iceberg and Downfall

  2. “How formidable would they be on their five home islands, joined by every member of the civilian population old enough to carry a hand grenade?” -William Manchester President Truman’s Decision to use the Atomic Weapon

  3. Maps: Okinawa and Operation Iceberg, with Overlay

  4. Assault Plans for Operation Downfall

  5. Map of Hiroshima before and after

  6. Chart 1 On average a US Division in WW2 was 15,000+ men

  7. Chart 2

  8. Sources • http://www.japanfocus.org/-Aniya-Masaaki/2629 • http://www.ww2pacific.com/downfall.html • http://www.rerf.or.jp/index_e.html • The Ultimate Battle by Bill Sloan • http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/AtomicEffects/img/

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