The announcement of Japan’s acceptance of surrender terms by President Truman on August 14 came at a time when powerful units of the U.S. Paific Fleet were cruising off the Japanese mainland and hundreds of thousands of Army and Marine Corps troops were poised at advance bases in readiness for an invasion of the heart of Nippon’s empire.”
Click here to read about operations Olympic and Coronet – the U.S. invasion of Japan.
Click here to read more about W.W. II at sea.
USN war ships off the coast of Japan Summer 1945preparing for the invasion of Japan 1945British Task Force sailed with US Third Fleet Summer 1945British Task Force cooperated with US Third Fleet and attacked Tokyo Nagoya and MaizuruUSN destroyer CALLAGHAN sunk off of Okinawa 1945ww2 USN submarine bonefish sunk June 18 1945ww2 USN submarine lagarto sunk on May 4 1945ww2 USN submarine snook missing since April 8 1945
USN war ships off the coast of Japan Summer 1945preparing for the invasion of Japan 1945British Task Force sailed with US Third Fleet Summer 1945British Task Force cooperated with US Third Fleet and attacked Tokyo Nagoya and MaizuruUSN destroyer CALLAGHAN sunk off of Okinawa 1945ww2 USN submarine bonefish sunk June 18 1945ww2 USN submarine lagarto sunk on May 4 1945ww2 USN submarine snook missing since April 8 1945
