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Defense of Japan 1945
By Steven J. Zaloga and Steve Noon
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In 1945, with her fleet destroyed and her armies beaten, the only thing that stood between Japan and an Allied invasion was the numerous coastal defence positions that surrounded the islands. This is the first book to take a detailed look at the Japanese home island fortifications that were constructed during 1941–45. Utilizing diagrams, specially commissioned artwork, and sources previously unavailable in English, Steven Zaloga examines these defences in the context of a possible Allied invasion, constructing various arguments for one of the greatest 'what if' scenarios of World War II, and helping to explain why the Americans decided to go ahead with a nuclear option.
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Steven J. Zaloga
Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.
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Reviews for Defense of Japan 1945
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5About as much info on coast artillery, radar, submarines
and suicide boats than can be absorbed.
Pop Up pillboxes in water was new to me.
Very detailed as to number of guns produced and
orders of battle for troops.
About the only things not thought of by the
defenders would be large fish and sea turtles
carrying contact-fused explosives.
Shortcoming : Maps cannot be magnified to
see troop dispositions. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Solid entry in the fortress series by one of Osprey's leading World War II experts. This is a survey of the various defences that Japan constructed late in World War II to defend the Home Islands. Zaloga goes into a great deal of detail as to why these defences, while they might have increased the cost to the invading Allies, ultimately would not have worked.