We now know that if the bomb had not been used, the invasion of Japan would have gone ahead.
If there had been an invasion of Japan, many more people would have been killed.
It was abolished when the invasion of Japan had failed, though set up again later.
He told a reporter that he wanted to fly in the expected invasion of Japan.
Once in France the 501st began training for an invasion of Japan.
The goal for the unit was to have eight air groups ready for the expected invasion of Japan late in 1945.
The war ended before their scheduled participation in the invasion of Japan.
Allied generals believed that an invasion of Japan would have killed more than a million people on each side.
A unified command was deemed necessary for an invasion of Japan.
The next destination would be the invasion of Japan.