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Nov 03, 2020 · The US intelligence services got so much wrong about the
state of Japanese preparations that a study conducted by Marine Major
Mark P. Arens in the '90s concluded that the planned landing by the V
Amphibious Corps (and by extension, the 6th Army as a whole) would have
just straight up failed.
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Oct 26, 2020 · To quote from the thesis of Marine Major Mark P. Arens's
study of the V Marine Amphibious Corps' proposed role in the plan: "If
Operation Olympic had been executed, as planned, on 1 November 1945, it
would have been the largest bloodbath in American history. Although
American forces had superior fire power and were better trained and
equipped than …
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of Intelligence in Support of Planning, Major Mark P. Arens, USMCR The
Japanese Plan to Defend Kyushu; Japanese Plan for September Defense of
Kyushu, Report, Dec 1945. "Ketsu-go" -- the Japanese Army Air Force Plan
[notes on Japanese monograph] CORONET-- the Invasion of Honshu
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Jul 28, 2016 · Major Mark P. Arens, V [Marine] Amphibious Corps Planning
for Operation Olympic and the Role of Intelligence in Support of
Planning, USMCR [MCIA], 1996. Ryukyu Shimpo, Ota
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Arens, Major Mark P., USMCR (1995). "Chapter 2: V Amphibious Corps" . V
[Marine] Amphibious Corps Planning for Operation Olympic and the Role of
Intelligence in Support of Planning .
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Arens, Major Mark P., USMCR (1995). "Chapter 2: V Amphibious Corps". V
[Marine] Amphibious Corps Planning for Operation Olympic and the Role of
Intelligence in Support of Planning. Marine Corps Staff and Command
College Written in fulfillment of a requirement for the Marine Corps
Staff and Command College.
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Dec 19, 2020 · According to Marine Major Mark P. Arens, the Japanese
planned to send out waves of 350 to 400 planes every hour (this probably
applied to the 6,225 kamikazes and conventional bombers designated to
target the assault shipping). According to JM-85 pp. 19-21, IJA/IJN air