If you have any interest in WWII info, you may find this very interesting.
If you have any interest in WWII info, you may find this very interesting.
Here comes another surprise... It was 1944 and the pictures were not available during the war. The US kept this place unknown to the citizens of the US . This is quite a story!!
This is phenomenal ?! An Armada of ships and airplanes poised for the invasion of Japan 'that never happened?because President Truman authorized the dropping of ?A? bombs at Nagasaki and Hiroshima that resulted in the Japanese surrender. Just think of the American lives that would have been lost had this invasion occurred. Be thankful that we had a President with the courage to make the call. Sadly most Americans today know nothing about this and the sacrifices made by those before us. We are not teaching US history in our schools anymore?.
Some great pictures of the Ulithi armada! US Naval armada deployed for invasion of Japan . Keep this for posterity. There will never be another assemblage of naval ships like this again.
Staging area for the invasion of Japan . Check out the carriers on "Murderer's Row."
If any of you folks had fathers, grandfathers or uncles in the Navy during World War II, they may well have been involved in this operation, given the tremendous number of the ships and personnel involved.
You may also recognize them in some of the photos. Click below:
And don't forget that the sacrifice would have been for real. The invasion plan was anticipated and Operation Downfall, comprising Operation Olympic and Coronet was set to be a slaughter. After the Japanese capitulation the invasion beaches were looked at by the Allies and found to be totally covered with every calibre of ordnance imaginable. The casualties suffered by the landing troops would have made D-Day look like a picnic.
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Originally Posted by V8Ian
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