For a video of the interview see this video on YouTube
An interview with D.M. Giangreco on the Invasion of Japan, Lend Lease and many more topics. 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
» 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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