“This video takes a look at Operation Olympic, which was part of Operation Downfall the Invasion of Japan and focused on the island Kyushu. It discusses the US Plans, Preparations and additionally the Japanese defenses and doctrine. The video contains a lot of data from various academic sources. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as an introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut.”
