This Yank Magazine article appeared in print four months after the Japanese surrender when the magazine’s editors saw fit to publish the happily obsolete plans for the invasion of Japan: operations Coronet and Olympic.
Click here to read about August 28, 1945 – the day the American military arrived on mainland Japan.
Click here to read articles about post-war Japan.
WW2 Pentagon Plans for the WW2 Invasion of JapanUS Plans For the Invasion of Japan 1945Operation Olympic 1945Operation Coronet 1945Operation Olympic was the WW2 Plan to Invade JapanOperation Coronet was the WW2 Plan to Invade JapanHow Was Japan to Be InvadedDonald Nugent Yank JournalistDonald Nugent Yank Magazine Article 1945
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WW2 Pentagon Plans for the WW2 Invasion of JapanUS Plans For the Invasion of Japan 1945Operation Olympic 1945Operation Coronet 1945Operation Olympic was the WW2 Plan to Invade JapanOperation Coronet was the WW2 Plan to Invade JapanHow Was Japan to Be InvadedDonald Nugent Yank JournalistDonald Nugent Yank Magazine Article 1945
