What the records say
- When
- 1946
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 35.00° N, 136.00° E
- Description
- codename for the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Downfall
Allied plan to invade mainland Japan, WWII
Operation Downfall was the proposed plan by United States and British Empire forces for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. It was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war on Japan and invasion of Manchuria.
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