At the beginning of August 1945, few people would have predicted that World War II would be over within a month. Even the small number of Americans who were aware of the Manhattan Project — the secret ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Some... Here’s ...

Operation Downfall would have made Okinawa look like a picnic. “The often-repeated common wisdom holds that there were only 5,500, or at most 7,000, aircraft available and that all of Japan’s best ...

As victory in Europe was secured in May 1945, the war in the Pacific raged on with undiminished ferocity. Facing Japan’s refusal to surrender and the horrifying projections of Operation Downfall, ...

With Okinawa secured the United States planned Operation Downfall a massive invasion of Japan itself. Japanese leaders prepared their population for a fight to the death mobilizing civilians alongside ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from SGS Operation Downfall Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start ...