Week 302 - Operation Downfall: 2 Million Men to Invade Japan - WW2 - June 8, 1945
World War Two · Season 7 · Episode 26
The plans to invade the Japanese Home Islands in the fall grow ever more concrete, with the main issue being not just how to transport men by the millions around the world, but where to put them once they get there. On land the fight continues in Okinawa and the Philippines, and at sea the American fleet is savaged by a typhoon for the second time in six months.
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Season
7
Episode
26
Air Date
08/Jun/2024
Air Time
—
Runtime
24 min
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The plans to invade the Japanese Home Islands in the fall grow ever more concrete, with the main issue being not just how to transport men by the millions around the world, but where to put them once they get there. On land the fight continues in Okinawa and the Philippines, and at sea the American fleet is savaged by a typhoon for the second time in six months.
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