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  1. #16 - Interview with D.M. Giangreco author of Hell To Pay - The Invasion of Japan 1945-1947

    07/17/2018

    #16 - Interview with D.M. Giangreco author of Hell To Pay - The Invasion of Japan 1945-1947

    For a video of the interview see this video on YouTube An interview with D.M. Giangreco on the Invasion of Japan, Lend Lease and many more topics. Timestamps: 00:21 - Background D.M. Giangreco 02:10 - Hell To Pay 2nd Edition 08:12 - People don't care about Logistics 11:34 - Euro-centric & Losses in Asia 14:38 - American Viewership Preferences 17:34 - US Leadership Challenge on Manpower 23:17 - Japanese knowledge on US Popular Support 25:10 - The Bombs & Soviet Intervention 25:45 - US Media & The Enemies of the US 27:40 - Japanese Military Structure, Independence & Dispersion 27:58 - Why the Emperor was so important for the US Forces 29:54 - Japanese Senior Leadership reluctance to Surrender 35:55 - US Preparations on Okinawa to save Civilians 37:17 - Okinawa vs. Japan - Expectations on Civilian Resistance 38:09 - Estimates on Civilian Casualties 39:10 - Why Operation Olympic estimates were so optimistic initially 49:46 - Look at Japanese Defense after the Surrender 50:43 - US vs. Japanese estimates on Kill Count necessary 53:11 - Manchuria & Soviets 56:11 - Soviet & Japanese Defense of Manchuria 57:40 - Japanese Strategy for Manchuria 01:01:10 - US leadership didn't knew if the Bombs would work 01:02:27 - Lend-Lease to Soviet Union & Soviet Preparation for the Invasion of Japan 01:13:17 - Project Hula - Secret Base in Alaska to train Soviets 01:25:20 - About entering German heartland 01:29:33 - Interdependence of ETO & PTO - Timetables - National War Aims 01:41:06 - Manpower Question 01:42:03 - Basic Japanese Strategy: Maximum Bloodletting 01:44:01 - Why not blockade Japanese Islands? 01:49:47 - Why Japanese Military wanted to keep fighting after the second Bomb 01:52:55 - Appeasement when it doesn't work 01:54:07 - About alternate History 01:56:52 - Know your Basics, e.g., why not invade Japan from the North » SOURCES « Giangreco, D. M.: Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947. US Naval Institute Press: United States, 2017. amazon.com Link (Affiliate): http://amzn.to/2DI0mEa amazon.de Link (Affiliate): https://amzn.to/2sIRxWf » DISCLAIMER « Amazon Associates Program: “Bernhard Kast is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.” Bernhard Kast ist Teilnehmer des Partnerprogramms von Amazon Europe S.à.r.l. und Partner des Werbeprogramms, das zur Bereitstellung eines Mediums für Websites konzipiert wurde, mittels dessen durch die Platzierung von Werbeanzeigen und Links zu amazon.de Werbekostenerstattung verdient werden können. »» SUPPORT THE PODCAST «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=TFHEY4P4YU3NY » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wishlist/3LJIXNJIUXJES/ref=cm_wl_huc_view Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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