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100 1  $a Giangreco, D. M., $d 1952-
245 10 $a Hell to pay : $b Operation Downfall and the invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 / $c D.M. Giangreco.
260    $a Old Saybrook, CT. $b Tantor Audio, $c 2009.
300    $a 13 audio disks (16 hrs.) $c 4 3/4"
504    $a Foreword: "three colonels" / by Stanley Weintraub -- The maximum "bloodletting and delay" -- Spinning the casualties -- The First Army and Kwantung redeployments -- The Pacific build-up and Berlin decision -- "Not a recipe for victory " -- The decision -- Japanese defense plans -- "Victory might be salvaged" -- The "manpower box" -- Mistakes and misperceptions -- What is defeat? -- The amphibious operation -- On the ground -- Unexamined factors -- A "target-rich environment" -- Half a million Purple Hearts -- "Punishment from heaven" -- Afterword -- Appendix A: G-2 estimate of enemy situation on Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, August 1, 1945 -- Appendix B: G-2 analysis of Japanese plans for the defense of Kyushu, U.S. Sixth Army, December 31, 1945 -- Appendix C: proclamation defining terms for Japanese surrender issued at Potsdam, July 26, 1945 (Potsdam Declaration) -- Appendix D: extract from a letter written by James Michener, October 20, 1995.
511    $a Read by Danny Campbell.
650  0 $a Operation Downfall, 1945-1946.
650  0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Japan.
651  0 $a United States $x History $x History $y World War, 1939-1945.
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