Operação Downfall
Sign in to saveAlso known as invasion of Japan, Allied invasion of Japan
codename for the Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II
Key facts
- Location
- Mainland Japan
- Planned
- Before August 1945
- Planned by
- Chester W. Nimitz Douglas MacArthur Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Commanded by
- Douglas MacArthur
- Objective
- Defeat the Empire of Japan
- Executed by
- See order of battle
- Outcome
- Cancelled after the unconditional surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945
- Casualties
- See estimated casualties
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Japan campaign
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Location
- Mainland Japan
- Image
- Operation Downfall - Map.jpg
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- Commons category
- Operation Downfall
- point in time
- 1946-00-00
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Português
A Operação Downfall foi o nome de código dado ao plano dos Aliados para a invasão do Japão no final da Segunda Guerra Mundial. A operação foi cancelada quando o Japão se rendeu, após aos Bombardeamentos de Hiroshima e Nagasaki e a invasão soviética na Manchúria.
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