The amazing story of what might have been the result of an invasion of the Japanese mainland on Nov. 1, 1945, as published over the past few years (first release I can find is 1987) begins like this: ...

At the beginning of August 1945, few people would have predicted that World War II would be over within a month. Even the small number of Americans who were aware of the Manhattan Project — the secret ...

Operation Downfall would have made Okinawa look like a picnic. “The often-repeated common wisdom holds that there were only 5,500, or at most 7,000, aircraft available and that all of Japan’s best ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from SGS Operation Downfall Project Manhattan failed! Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start ...

Key point: What follows would have happened if Truman did not drop the Atomic bombs. One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on ...

The film is a reminder of not only the scientific and technological miracle that was made possible by the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bombs that ended World War II, but also of what ...