Summary of William Craig's The Fall of Japan

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#1 The Japanese admiral who was in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and the assault on Clark Field in the Philippines in 1944, was sent to Manila to fix the tactical situation by whatever means available. He focused on carriers, which were his biggest threat.

#2 On October 25, 1944, nine planes flew from Mabalacat and headed east over the vast and lonely Pacific. They were hoping to die for their admiral and the Emperor. They sighted a group of American escorts protecting the beachhead at Leyte, and attacked.

#3 The American military became aware of the suicide planes in January 1945, when they saw how many ships they could destroy in one mission. The Special Attack Corps was integrated into the defense plan of Okinawa in March 1945.

#4 The Japanese tactic of the banzai charge was too costly, and the meet them at the beach theory was replaced on Iwo by let the enemy come to us. On Okinawa, the Japanese used heavy artillery as an integral part of their weaponry, and the Americans were literally torn to pieces.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669399469

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

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Insights from Chapter 8

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Insights from Chapter 11

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Insights from Chapter 21

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Japanese admiral who was in charge of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and the assault on Clark Field in the Philippines in 1944, was sent to Manila to fix the tactical situation by whatever means available. He focused on carriers, which were his biggest threat.

#2

On October 25, 1944, nine planes flew from Mabalacat and headed east over the vast and lonely Pacific. They were hoping to die for their admiral and the Emperor. They sighted a group of American escorts protecting the beachhead at Leyte, and attacked.

#3

The American military became aware of the suicide planes in January 1945, when they saw how many ships they could destroy in one mission. The Special Attack Corps was integrated into the defense plan of Okinawa in March 1945.

#4

The Japanese tactic of the banzai charge was too costly, and the meet them at the beach theory was replaced on Iwo by let the enemy come to us. On Okinawa, the Japanese used heavy artillery as an integral part of their weaponry, and the Americans were literally torn to pieces.

#5

On April 6, the Japanese sent a single-engined kamikaze plane towards the Bush at Picket Station One. The plane was evading the ship’s gunners when it crashed into the port side of the Bush, nearly cutting the destroyer in two. The Bush was now a derelict, both sides gaping, wreckage and death inside her hull.

#6

On April 6, the Japanese Navy tried to turn Okinawa into a victory for the Emperor by sending the battleship Yamato towards the island. She was accompanied by two cruisers and six destroyers.

#7

The Battle of Okinawa was the last land campaign of the Pacific war. It was a slaughter, and it proved to be the last battle the Japanese would fight with such ferocity. The land war was a brutal struggle between the Americans and the Japanese, and it resembled Japan itself.

#8

The last Imperial Japanese Army offensive in World War II took place on May 4-5, 1945. It was a chaotic, costly, and for the Japanese, hopeless battle. The initiative had passed