{"product_id":"downfall-pacific-max-lamirande-9798248155361","title":"Downfall Pacific: Book 15 of the Pacific Alternate Series","description":"The year is 1946 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith both Okinawa and Iwo Jima now occupied, Japan only controls its main islands, Manchuria, and the parts of China it still occupies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe situation is more than desperate; it is impossible to turn around. The Japanese can win all they want on the battlefield, but their ever-dwindling industrial base, the Imperial Navy sunk in its entirety, and a quickly melting Imperial Army mean there is no longer hope for a victory against the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Allies have total control of the seas and the air (especially after the loss of over 3,000 aircraft in Operation Kikusui), and can defeat any Japanese division face-to-face, thanks to better fire support, equipment, and intelligence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRegardless of the facts, the dismal odds and good old plain good sense, the Japanese military leadership in Tokyo will not accept any form of surrender. For the climactic battle to defend its home country, the imperial military had levied over fifty divisions and armed hundreds of thousands of civilians, as well as preparing more Kamikaze attacks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Battle for Japan is going to be bloody on both sides. The Americans, under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz, prepare to execute Operation Downfall, the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd all across the Pacific, heroes fight and die. Marines on Honshu's shorelines, Japanese soldiers in their trenches, and millions more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story (and the final chapter) of the Pacific War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Lamirande\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248155361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Max Lamirande","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447402639615,"sku":"9798248155361","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d92b69f3-df58-41ce-af1a-60ef5c0d1d22.jpg?v=1777230872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/downfall-pacific-max-lamirande-9798248155361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}