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. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can also buy "Spoils of War" (merchandise) in the online shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop » SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS « facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milhistoryvisualized/ twitter: https://twitter.com/MilHiVisualized tumblr: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.tumblr.com/ » 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_Sh