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Japan campaign

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Japan campaign
Part of Pacific War

Task Force 38, of the U.S. Third Fleet maneuvering off the coast of Japan, 17 August 1945, two days after Japan agreed to surrender.
Date18 April 1942[1] – 1 September 1945[2]
Location
Result

Allied victory

Belligerents
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 New Zealand
 Australia
 Soviet Union (from August 1945)
Empire of Japan Japan
Commanders and leaders
Franklin D. Roosevelt #
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
William Halsey Jr.
Henry H. Arnold
Chester W. Nimitz
Bernard Rawlings
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Hirohito Surrendered
Hideki Tojo
Shunroku Hata
Kiichiro Higuchi
Tadamichi Kuribayashi 
Mitsuru Ushijima 
Matome Ugaki 
Seiichi Itō 
Casualties and losses
Relatively minor damages 193,300 soldiers dead (all causes)[3]
Surrendered and captured following blockade and bombings:
4,335,000 soldiers[4]
9,435 artillery pieces
5,286 tanks
731 other AFVs
12,682 aircraft (mostly kamikazes)[5]

The Japan campaign was conducted by Allied nations during the Pacific War. A part of World War II, it consisted of the Allies, primarily the United States, British Empire and its commonwealths against the Japanese Empire. It lasted from 1942 to 1945 with an Allied victory and Japan's defeat.

Operations

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Air strikes

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Major battles

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References

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  1. The date of Double Strike, which is the beginning of Mainland Air Strike.
  2. The Archipelago Landing Operation is over.
  3. "Figures were compiled by the Relief Bureau of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in March 1964". Australia-Japan Research Project. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-10.. Combined death tolls of "Japan proper" (103,900) and Okinawa (89,400).
  4. Ministry of Health and Welfare, 1964. Archived 2016-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Final report: progress of demobilization of the Japanese Armed Forces, 30 December 1946 Part 2, Supreme Command of the Allied Powers, p. 49, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 26 December 2015. Artillery is defined as being at least over 80 mm in caliber.