Why not blockade Japan into Surrender? (feat. D.M. Giangreco) скачать в хорошем качестве

Why not blockade Japan into Surrender? (feat. D.M. Giangreco)

Quite regularly people ask on my Pacific war videos, why the US didn't blockade the Japanese islands. Since it was rather apparent that the invasion plans Olympic and Downfall would be very costly in terms of casualities and the Japanese Navy and Air Forces were basically non-operational for the most part anyway. Well, this question was also handled by the US Forces during the war and US Navy and US Army had different approaches. This video features parts of an interview with D.M. Giangreco the author of Hell to Pay. Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan. The full interview is available here:    • D.M. Giangreco on the Invasion of Japan, L...   or here as podcast (also on iTunes etc.): https://shows.pippa.io/military-histo... »» 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   » tumblr -   / 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. Tillmann, Barrett: Whirlwind – The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945. Simon & Schuster: United States, 2010. Frank, Richard B.: Why Japan agreed to Unconditional Surrender, in: Military History Quarterly Autumn 2015, p. 25-37