The Final Months of the War with JapanDIANE Publishing, 1998 - 250 strani Examines the role of signals intelligence in U.S. military planning during the final stages of the war with Japan in 1945 -- particularly its contribution to planning for an Allied invasion of the Japanese homeland. It is not intended as an argument for or against the use of the atomic bomb against Japan. Addresses the question of whether & to what extent intelligence might have influenced the decision to drop the bomb, & the military calculus concerning an invasion of Japan as it influenced the bomb decision. Examines the intelligence that was available at the time & to weigh the role this intelligence played in the deliberations on an invasion. |
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18 June ABC 384 Kyushu Admiral King Admiral Leahy air bombardment Air Force aircraft Allied amphibious Army Headquarters assault atomic bomb August bases blockade Brigade British British Pacific Fleet buildup Campaign Against Japan Carl Spaatz Chiefs of Staff China Codename Downfall Combat Division Combat command decision defeat defense directive discussions Division Combat Division Division Depot Division document Enclosure Entry FRUS ground forces Hokkaido Honshu invasion of Japan island Japan Proper Japanese forces Joint Chiefs Joint Intelligence Committee Joint Planning Staff Joint War Plans JWPC Korea Kyushu 4 July Kyushu operation land Manchuria Marshall memorandum messages Military Intelligence Service NARA naval Navy November Okinawa Operation OLYMPIC Pacific war Plans Committee Potsdam Potsdam Conference Potsdam Declaration President President’s reinforcements Russian Ryukyus Secretary Shikoku SIGINT southern Kyushu Stimson strength suicide target Tokyo Plain TOP SECRET troops Truman unconditional surrender units
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Stran 1370 - The observing planes will stay several miles distant from the point of impact of the bomb. 2. Additional bombs will be delivered on the above targets as soon as made ready by the project staff. Further instructions will be issued concerning targets other than those listed above.
Stran 72 - Russia's entry at as early a date as possible consistent with her ability to engage in offensive operations is necessary to provide maximum assistance to our Pacific operations. The US will provide maximum support possible without interfering with our main effort against Japan. The objective of Russia's military effort against Japan in the Far East should be the defeat of the Japanese forces in Manchuria, air operations against Japan proper in collaboration with...
Stran 1365 - Dr. Kistiakowsky, the impulsive Russian,4 threw his arms around Dr. Oppenheimer and embraced him with shouts of glee. Others were equally enthusiastic. All the pent-up emotions were released in those few minutes and all seemed to sense immediately that the explosion had far exceeded the most optimistic expectations and wildest hopes of the scientists.
Stran 66 - An assault on Kyushu for the purpose of further reducing Japanese capabilities by containing and destroying major enemy forces and further intensifying the blockade and air bombardment in order to establish a tactical condition favorable to: c. The decisive invasion of the industrial heart of Japan through the Tokyo Plain.
Stran 1367 - Conant reached over and we shook hands in mutual congratulations. Dr. Bush, who was on the other side of me, did likewise. The feeling of the entire assembly was similar to that described by General Farrell, with even the uninitiated feeling profound awe. Drs. Conant and Bush and myself were struck by an even stronger feeling that the faith of those who had been responsible for the initiation and the carrying on of this herculean project had been justified. I personally thought of Blondin crossing...
Stran 1365 - We were reaching into the unknown and we did not know what might come of it. It can safely be said that most of those present were praying and praying harder than they had ever prayed before. If the shot were successful, it was a justification of the several years of intensive effort of tens of thousands of people — statesmen, scientists, engineers, manufacturers, soldiers, and...
Stran 917 - Operated on this morning. Diagnosis not yet complete but results seem satisfactory and already exceed expectations. Local press release necessary as interest extends great distance. Dr. Groves pleased. He returns tomorrow. I will keep you...
Stran 1366 - The whole country was lighted by a searing light with the intensity many times that of the midday sun. It was golden, purple, violet, gray and blue. It lighted every peak, crevasse and ridge of the nearby mountain range with a clarity and beauty that cannot be...
Stran 64 - To force the unconditional surrender of Japan by (1) Lowering Japanese ability and will to resist by establishing sea and air blockades, conducting intensive air bombardment, and destroying Japanese air and naval strength. (2) Invading and seizing objectives in the industrial heart of Japan.
Stran 72 - The objective of Russia's military effort against Japan in the Far East should be the defeat of the Japanese forces in Manchuria, air operations against Japan proper in collaboration with US air forces based in eastern Siberia, and maximum interference with Japanese sea traffic between Japan and the mainland of Asia.
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