DM Giangreco on the Invasion of Japan Lend Lease amp much more

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An interview with D.M. Giangreco on the Invasion of Japan, Lend Lease and many more topics. Also on iTunes etc. Timestamps: • 00:21 - Background D.M. Giangreco • 02:10 - Hell To Pay 2nd Edition • 08:12 - People don't care about Logistics • 11:34 - Euro-centric Losses in Asia • 14:38 - American Viewership Preferences • 17:34 - US Leadership Challenge on Manpower • 23:17 - Japanese knowledge on US Popular Support • 25:10 - The Bombs Soviet Intervention • 25:45 - US Media The Enemies of the US • 27:40 - Japanese Military Structure, Independence Dispersion • 27:58 - Why the Emperor was so important for the US Forces • 29:54 - Japanese Senior Leadership reluctance to Surrender • 35:55 - US Preparations on Okinawa to save Civilians • 37:17 - Okinawa vs. Japan - Expectations on Civilian Resistance • 38:09 - Estimates on Civilian Casualties • 39:10 - Why Operation Olympic estimates were so optimistic initially • 49:46 - Look at Japanese Defense after the Surrender • 50:43 - US vs. Japanese estimates on Kill Count necessary • 53:11 - Manchuria Soviets • 56:11 - Soviet Japanese Defense of Manchuria • 57:40 - Japanese Strategy for Manchuria • 01:01:10 - US leadership didn't knew if the Bombs would work • 01:02:27 - Lend-Lease to Soviet Union Soviet Preparation for the Invasion of Japan • 01:13:17 - Project Hula - Secret Base in Alaska to train Soviets • 01:25:20 - About entering German heartland • 01:29:33 - Interdependence of ETO PTO - Timetables - National War Aims • 01:41:06 - Manpower Question • 01:42:03 - Basic Japanese Strategy: Maximum Bloodletting • 01:44:01 - Why not blockade Japanese Islands? • 01:49:47 - Why Japanese Military wanted to keep fighting after the second Bomb • 01:52:55 - Appeasement when it doesn't work • 01:54:07 - About alternate History • 01:56:52 - Know your Basics, e.g., why not invade Japan from the North • Podcast link here: https://shows.pippa.io/military-histo... • see also iTunes etc. • »» SUPPORT MHV «« • » patreon - / mhv • » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... • » Book Wishlist https://www.amazon.de/gp/registry/wis... • • »» MERCHANDISE - SPOILS OF WAR «« • » shop - https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvi... • »» SOCIAL MEDIA «« • » twitter - / milhivisualized • » facebook - / milhistoryvisualized • » twitch - / militaryhistoryvisualized • » minds.com - https://www.minds.com/militaryhistory... • • » SOURCES « • Giangreco, D. M.: Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947. US Naval Institute Press: United States, 2017.

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