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Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of the Japanese main islands. This was supposed to occur begin in October of 1945. The operation was called due to the Japanese surrender in August. I was wondering what effects might it have if the Japanese didn't surrender for what ever reason; the emperor was stubborn, the war staff performed a coup, or what ever.

How long would it have taken to defeat and occupy Japan if Downfall had to be executed?

I few questions I had about this. The Russians managed to invade the Kuril Islands and occupy them before the Japanese surrendered, and there is still a dispute over those Islands today. I guess the biggest question here is, how much of Japan could the soviets take before Japan was completely taken by the Allies? Would Japan be split up into occupation zones like Germany was, or would it be split into communist and democratic like Korea was?
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