Central to any discussion of the necessity for the use of the atomic bomb to help bring about an end to the Second World War in the Pacific is the issue of the projected cost in blood of an Allied ...

decisive battle in which soldiers and civilians on the Japanese home islands will fight to the death to resist an American invasion. U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima, beginning five weeks of terrible ...

Operation Downfall, the Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands is set in motion. Start with Operation Olympic to capture Kyushu, and move on with Coronet, the landing near Tokyo.

The final year of the war would bring bloodshed and hardship to the U.S. soldiers, sailors and Marines who liberated territory closer and closer to Japan's home island, and take a tremendous toll ...

Nara's Horyuji Temple is another World Heritage Site. Its central gate, main hall, and five-story pagoda were built around ...