{"product_id":"9781944961886","title":"Reports of General MacArthur: MacArthur in Japan: The Occupation: Military Phase Volume 1 Supplement","description":"From Melbourne, five thousand miles away'\u003cbr\u003eat the bottom of the world, General MacArthur by mid-1945 had smashed his way back to the very outposts of the Japanese homeland itself: Buna, Biak, the Philippine\u003cbr\u003eSea, Leyte-a tremendous itinerary of two and a half years against a fanatically resisting foe.\u003cp\u003eAt the end of June, he paused to assemble his forces, grown from scattered, relatively green American troops' and a small but battle-hardened section of Australians, into a mighty concentration of power.' On the ground, in the air, and on the sea they were massing for what would be the final drive against the Japanese stronghold, the homeland archipelago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnemy resistance was to be pulverized in an invasion drive that would begin in the fall of\u003cbr\u003e1945 and be continued in a second phase in the spring of 1946. Operation\" Olympic\"\u003cbr\u003ewould launch an amphibious assault by veteran\u003cbr\u003eSixth Army troops against southern Kyushu to secure the needed beachhead.' Tremendous hammer blows by air and sea would soften up the formidable objective before the troops went in. Then, in Operation \"Coronet,\"\u003cbr\u003ethree corps including eight divisions of the\u003cbr\u003eEighth Army, and two more corps of the\u003cbr\u003eFirst Army would be catapulted into the heart of the Tokyo Plain itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was expected to be costly.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. John's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047223378160,"sku":"9781944961886","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944961886_p0.jpg?v=1763793921","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944961886","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}