Unconditional Surrender, Demobilization and the Atomic Bomb [Illustrated Edition]

Dr. Michael D. Pearlman

• Publisher: Verdun Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781786259431
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

Includes The Bombing Of Japan During World War II illustrations pack with 120 maps, plans, and photos
The calculations for bringing large-scale hostilities to an end and for establishing a favorable environment in which post-combat operations, including the occupation of the enemy's homeland, can take place involve high-level military officers in the analysis of a wide range of considerations, many of which fall well beyond what would be traditionally recognized as strictly military in nature.
In Unconditional Surrender Demobilization, and the Atomic Bomb, Dr. Michael Pearlman brings home this point through his shrewd assessment of the complex issues confronting U.S. officers as they debated the best course of action to follow in ending the war against Japan. Aside from the list of traditional concerns, such as the human cost of mounting an invasion of Japan, these officers had also to consider such intangibles as continued support for the war effort on the American home front.
Thanks to Pearlman's research, the reader comes away with a deeper understanding of why these officers made the recommendations they did to the president and why the president decided to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II.

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The Bombing of Japan during World War II

The Doolittle Raid

Figure 1 - North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8), while en route to Japan on April 1942

Figure 2 4- A U.S. Army Air Force North American B-25B Mitchell shortly before launching from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) on 18 April 1942

Figure 3 - B-25 Mitchell bombers onboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) aircraft carrier during the Doolittle Raid operation; April 18, 1942

Figure 4 - The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet launches a B-25 during the Doolittle Raid

Figure 5 - “Take off from the deck of the USS HORNET of an Army B-25 on its way to take part in first U.S. air raid on Japan. Doolittle Raid, April 1942.”

Figure 6 - Japanese fishing boat which was sunk by Major General Doolittles raiders while enroute to Tokyo for the raid on April 18, 1942

Figure 7 - Major General James Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo. Yokosuka Japan Naval base taken from B-25, April 18, 1942

The American Effort

Figure 8 - Brigadier General Haywood S. Hansell posing with a map of the Tokyo region during November 1944

Figure 9 - 13-B-29 Bomber bombarding Tokyo

Figure 10 - B-29s dropping bombs over Japan

Figure 11 - Boeing B-29 over Osaka on June 1, 1945

Figure 12 - The “Tinian Joint Chiefs”: Captain William S. Parsons (left), Rear Admiral William R. Purnell (center), and Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell (right)

Figure 13 - A B-29 falls in flames after a direct hit by an anti-aircraft shell over Japan

Figure 14 - A sea mine being dropped from a B-29

Figure 15 - US Navy aircraft dropping bombs on Hakodate during July 1945

Figure 16 - A P-51 Mustang taking off from Iwo Jima

Figure 17 - A survivor of B-29 crew (Capt. Gordon Jordan's crew) that crashed in Niigata on July 19, 1945 is led from a village hall after being captured and tortured by local Japanese citizens.

The Effects In Japan

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Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, DEMOBILIZATION AND THE ATOMIC BOMB
• THE AUTHOR
• REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER