This video takes a look at Operation Olympic, which was part of Operation Downfall the Invasion of Japan and focused on the island Kyushu. It discusses the US Plans, Preparations and additionally the Japanese defenses and doctrine. The video contains a lot of data from various academic sources. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut. »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de » All books from MHG: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mhg/ »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Alexander, Joseph H.: Storm Landings – Epic Amphibious Battles in the Pacific Drea, Edward J.: In Service of the Emperor Giangreco, D. M.: Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan Tillmann, Barrett: Whirlwind – The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945 Spector, Ronald H.: Eagle Against the Sun – The American War with Japan Kuehn, John T.: The war in the Pacific, 1941-1945; in: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume 1, p. 420-454 Morison, Samuel Eliot: The Struggle for Guadalcanal – August 1942 to February 1943 Rielly, Robin L.: Okinawa, 1945 - Corsairs & Picket Ships US Strategic Bombing Survey: The Campaigns in the Pacific https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Callaghan_(DD-792) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cassin_Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_craft_tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Tank http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/normandy-invasion/ » TOOL CHAIN « PowerPoint 2016, Word, Excel, Tile Mill, QGIS, Processing 3, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate. » DATA CHAIN « Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Made with GeoHack Data. https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php - License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ » CREDITS & SPECIAL THX « Justin for helping me out on this video.