Orders of battle for Downfall

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The units slated to participate in Operation Downfall—the Allied invasions of Japan—as of about August 1945.

Contents

1 Order of Battle for Olympic
- 1.1 Allied
- 1.2 Japan
2 Order of Battle for Coronet
- 2.1 Allied
- 2.2 Japan
3 Notes

[edit] Order of Battle for Olympic

[edit] Allied

United States
- U.S. Sixth Army (Gen. Walter Krueger)
  - Yakushima and Koshikijima Islands — 40th Infantry Division (Brig. Gen. Donald Myers) (22,000 men)
  - Tanegashima — 158th Infantry Regiment (Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider) (7,600 men)
  - Miyazaki — U.S. I Corps (Maj. Gen. Innis P. Swift) (95,000 men):
    - 25th Infantry Division, 33d Infantry Division, 41st Infantry Division
  - Ariake — U.S. XI Corps (Maj. Gen. Charles P. Hall) (113,000 men):
    - 1st Cavalry Division, 43d Infantry Division, Americal Division, 112th Cavalry Regiment
  - Kushikino — U.S. V Amphib Corps (Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt) (99,000 men):
    - 2nd Marine Div., 3d Marine Division, 5th Marine Division
  - 6th Army reserves — U.S. IX Corps (Maj. Gen. Charles W. Ryder) (79,000 men):
    - 77th Infantry Division 81st Infantry Division, 98th Infantry Division;
  - 11th Airborne Division (Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing) (15,000 men)

- U.S. Third Fleet (Adm. William F. Halsey):
  - 20 CV and CVL;
  - 9 BB;
  - 26 CB, CA, CL, CLAA;
  - 75 DD

- U.S. Fifth Fleet (Adm. Raymond A. Spruance):
  - 36 CVE;
  - 11 BB;
  - 26 CA and CL;
  - 387 DD and DE;
  - 394 AKA, AP, APA, APD, APH;
  - 977 LSD, LSM, LST, and LSV

- U.S. Seventh Fleet (Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid):

- Far East Air Forces (Gen. George C. Kenney) (119,000 men):
  - Fifth, Seventh, Thirteenth Air Force
    - 14 bomber groups, 10 fighter groups

- U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces (Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay)
  - Twentieth Air Force (Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining) (77,000 men)
    - 1,000 B-29 Superfortresses
  - Eighth Air Force (Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle)

British Commonwealth
- British Pacific Fleet (operating as part of Third Fleet):
  - 6 CV;
- Tiger Force (detached from RAF Bomber Command):
  - 480–580 Avro Lancaster bombers (about half to be used as tankers)
- Australian First Tactical Air Force
  - 20 fighter/attack squadrons from the Royal Australian Air Force

[edit] Japan

- 16th Area Army[~US Army] (Lt. Gen. Yokoyama Isamu) (600,000 men)
  - Northern Kyūshū—56th Army[~US Corps]:
    - 145th Div., 312th Div., 351st Div., 124th IM Brig.;
    - 57th Div. (20,000 men), 4th Tank Brig.^[1]
  - Southeastern Kyūshū—57th Army (Lt. Gen. Nishihara Kanji) (150,000 men):
    - Tanegashima—109th IM Brig. (5,900 men)
    - Miyazaki—154th Div., 156th Div.; 212th Div.^[1] (55,000 men)
    - Ariake—86th Div., 98th IM Brig., 1 reg., 3 inf. bat. (29,000 men)
    - 25th Div., 5th Tank Brig., 6th Tank Brig.^[1]
  - Southwestern Kyūshū—40th Army (Lt. Gen. Nakazawa Mitsuo) (85,000 men):
    - 303rd Div. (12,000 men) (Sendai); 206th Div. (Fukiage); 146th Div., 125th IM Brig. (S. Satsuma Peninsula); 77th Div.,^[1] 1 tank reg.
  - 216th Div.,^[1] 4 brig.

- 5,000 aircraft assigned as kamikazes, 5,000 aircraft available for kamikaze service, 7,000 aircraft in need of repair

- 100 Koryu-class midget submarines, 250 Kairyu-class midget submarines, 1,000 Kaiten manned torpedoes, 800 Shinyo suicide boats

[edit] Order of Battle for Coronet

[edit] Allied

United States
- U.S. First Army (Gen. Courtney H. Hodges):
  - U.S. III Amphibious Corps:
    - 1st Marine Div., 4th Marine Div., 6th Marine Div.
  - U.S. XXIV Corps:
    - 7th Inf. Div., 27th Inf. Div., 96th Inf. Div.,
  - Follow-on corps:
    - 5th Inf. Div., 44th Inf. Div., 86th Inf. Div.

- U.S. Eighth Army (Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger):
  - U.S. X Corps:
    - 24th Inf. Div., 31st Inf. Div., 37th Inf. Div.
  - U.S. XIII Corps:
    - 13th Arm. Div., 20th Arm. Div.
  - U.S. XIV Corps:
    - 6th Inf. Div., 32nd Inf. Div., 38th Inf. Div.
  - Follow-on corps:
    - 4th Inf. Div., 8th Inf. Div., 87th Inf. Div.

- Army Forces Pacific Reserve:
  - 97th Inf. Div.
  - Follow-on corps:
    - 2nd Inf. Div., 28th Inf. Div., 35th Inf. Div.
  - Follow-on corps:
    - 91st Inf. Div., 95th Inf. Div., 104th Inf. Div.
  - 11th Abn. Div.,

British Commonwealth
- Commonwealth Corps, (Lt. Gen. Charles Keightley):
  - - UK 3rd Inf. Div., 6th Canadian Inf. Div., Australian 10th Div.

[edit] Japan

12 divisions (560,000 men) (as of August 1945)

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The majority of these units (86,000 men total) would have been ordered to counterattack at Ariake, though it's questionable how many of the tanks would have been able to survive air attack.

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