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Preface
While the impact of Allied air operations in the entire Pacific war bore directly upon the enemy's military and economic capabilities for resisting, only by translating these military and economic effects into political events could our announced war aim of unconditional surrender be realized. Japan's acceptance of defeat without invasion while still possessed of 2 1/2 million combat-equipped troops and 9,000 Kamikaze airplanes in the home islands, reveal how persuasively the consequences of our operations were translated into political results. The nature of Japanese politics and its vulnerability and responses to air assault constituted therefore a major and significant line of inquiry for the Survey.
Publication Date
1946
Publisher
U.S. Government Printing Office
City
Washington DC
Keywords
World War 1939-1945, Japan, Japanese politics 1912-1945
Disciplines
Military History
Recommended Citation
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, "Japan's struggle to end the war" (1946). Books and Publications. 23.
https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/23
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