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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2195021" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall" target="_blank">Operation Downfall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>A joint British-American planning team produced a plan (&quot;Appreciation and Plan for the Defeat of Japan&quot;) which did not call for an invasion of the Japanese home islands until 1947–48.The American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" target="_blank">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> believed that prolonging the war to such an extent was dangerous for national morale.&nbsp; The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Chiefs_of_Staff" target="_blank">Combined Chiefs of Staff</a> agreed that Japan should be forced to surrender not more than one year after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day" target="_blank">Germany&#039;s surrender</a>.The United States Navy urged the use of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade" target="_blank">blockade</a> and airpower to bring about Japan&#039;s capitulation. They proposed operations to capture airbases in nearby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai" target="_blank">Shanghai, China</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" target="_blank">Korea</a>, which would give the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" target="_blank">United States Army Air Forces</a> a series of forward airbases from which to bombard Japan into submission. The Army, on the other hand, argued that such a strategy could &quot;prolong the war indefinitely&quot; and expend lives needlessly, and therefore that an invasion was necessary.A study done for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" target="_blank">Secretary of War</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stimson" target="_blank">Henry Stimson</a>&#039;s staff by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley" target="_blank">William Shockley</a> estimated that conquering Japan would cost 1.7–4 million American casualties, including 400,000–800,000 fatalities, and five to ten million Japanese fatalities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2195021, member: 12952"] [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall"]Operation Downfall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] A joint British-American planning team produced a plan ("Appreciation and Plan for the Defeat of Japan") which did not call for an invasion of the Japanese home islands until 1947–48. The American [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff']Joint Chiefs of Staff[/URL] believed that prolonging the war to such an extent was dangerous for national morale. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Chiefs_of_Staff']Combined Chiefs of Staff[/URL] agreed that Japan should be forced to surrender not more than one year after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day']Germany's surrender[/URL]. The United States Navy urged the use of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade']blockade[/URL] and airpower to bring about Japan's capitulation. They proposed operations to capture airbases in nearby [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai']Shanghai, China[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea']Korea[/URL], which would give the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces']United States Army Air Forces[/URL] a series of forward airbases from which to bombard Japan into submission. The Army, on the other hand, argued that such a strategy could "prolong the war indefinitely" and expend lives needlessly, and therefore that an invasion was necessary. A study done for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War']Secretary of War[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stimson']Henry Stimson[/URL]'s staff by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley']William Shockley[/URL] estimated that conquering Japan would cost 1.7–4 million American casualties, including 400,000–800,000 fatalities, and five to ten million Japanese fatalities. [/QUOTE]

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