Code-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb

By (author): "Norman Polmar, Thomas B. Allen"
Publish Date: January 1st 1995
Code-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb
ISBN0684804069
ISBN139780684804064
AsinCode-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan and Why Truman Dropped the Bomb
Original titleCode-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan-And Why Truman Dropped the Bomb
Basing their narrative on newly declassified documents, the bestselling authors of Rickover reveal the secret World War II invasion plan--code named "Downfall"--that would have meant an Armageddon far worse than the damage caused by the atomic bomb. 16 pages of photos. Maps.