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[[Image:P 112.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Initial invasion plan for Operation "Downfall"]]
'''Operation "Downfall"''' was the grand plan for the invasion of [[Japan]], consisting of a gargantuan blow against the islands of Kyushu and Honshu, using the entire available combined resources of army, naval, and air forces to compel the Japanese to surrender; the use of the [[atomic bomb]] upon the cites of [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]] caused the cancellation of the plan.
'''Operation "Downfall"''' was the grand plan for the invasion of [[Japan]], consisting of a gargantuan blow against the islands of Kyushu and Honshu, using the entire available combined resources of army, naval, and air forces to compel the Japanese to surrender; the use of the [[atomic bomb]] upon the cites of [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]] caused the cancellation of the plan.
==General Plan of "Olympic"==
==General Plan of "Olympic"==
[[Image:P 118.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Plan for Operation "Olympic"]]
The American plan for the invasion of Kyushu contemplated the seizure of only the southern part of the island below a line drawn from Tsuno on the east coast to Sendai on the west. The 3,000 square miles thus marked off were deemed sufficient to provide the air bases necessary for short-range support of the final operations planned against the industrial centers of Honshu.
The American plan for the invasion of Kyushu contemplated the seizure of only the southern part of the island below a line drawn from Tsuno on the east coast to Sendai on the west. The 3,000 square miles thus marked off were deemed sufficient to provide the air bases necessary for short-range support of the final operations planned against the industrial centers of Honshu.
==General plan for "Coronet"==
==General plan for "Coronet"==
[[Image:P 124.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Plan for Operation "Coronet"]]
Four months after the first American troops had fought their way ashore on Kyushu, the next and decisive amphibious operation against Japan would be launched. "Coronet," the invasion of the Kanto Plain area of Honshu, was scheduled for 1 March 1945.
Four months after the first American troops had fought their way ashore on Kyushu, the next and decisive amphibious operation against Japan would be launched. "Coronet," the invasion of the Kanto Plain area of Honshu, was scheduled for 1 March 1945.