Name: X-Day: The Invasion of Japan
Director: Andy Webb
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Waldo Henrichs, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, Winston Churchill, Geoffrey Perret

Question 1

What is X-Day: The Invasion of Japan about?

Accepted Answer

By spring of 1942, Japan controlled the western Pacific, the Philippines, and large parts of Indochina. America and her allies knew that final victory could only be achieved by unconditional surrender and that would involve occupation of the Japanese homeland. This is the story Operation Downfall, the plan to invade and occupy Japan that would dwarf the D-Day landings in Europe. According to the plan, on X-Day--November 1, 1945--General MacArthur would lead an invasion force onto the beaches of Kyushu, the southern most of the Japanese Islands. Y-Day would follow six months later when the largest beach landing in military history would take Tokyo. Politicians and military strategists knew that Japanese resistance would be ferocious. Plans for the invasion continued throughout 1945 until President Truman made the decision to drop the atom bomb. We trace the invasion plans from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima and analyze why Truman chose the bomb over Operation Downfall.

Question 2

Who appears in X-Day: The Invasion of Japan?

Accepted Answer

Waldo Henrichs, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, Winston Churchill, Geoffrey Perret appear in X-Day: The Invasion of Japan.

Question 3

What genre is X-Day: The Invasion of Japan?

Accepted Answer

X-Day: The Invasion of Japan is listed under Documentary.

Question 4

How long is X-Day: The Invasion of Japan?

Accepted Answer

X-Day: The Invasion of Japan has a runtime of 100 minutes.

Question 5

What year was X-Day: The Invasion of Japan released?

Accepted Answer

Release year is available on the title page.