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Japan campaign
Campaign in Japan during the Second World War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Japan campaign was a series of battles and engagements in and around the Japanese home islands, between Allied forces and the forces of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945.
Campaign in Japan during the Second World War
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![]() 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. | |||||||
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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] |