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DOWNFALL PACIFIC: Book 15 of the Pacific Alternate Series
The year is 1946
With both Okinawa and Iwo Jima now occupied, Japan only controls its main islands, Manchuria, and the parts of China it still occupies.
The situation is more than desperate; it is impossible to turn around. The Japanese can win all they want on the battlefield, but their ever-dwindling industrial base, the Imperial Navy sunk in its entirety, and a quickly melting Imperial Army mean there is no longer hope for a victory against the United States.
The Allies have total control of the seas and the air (especially after the loss of over 3,000 aircraft in Operation Kikusui), and can defeat any Japanese division face-to-face, thanks to better fire support, equipment, and intelligence.
Regardless of the facts, the dismal odds and good old plain good sense, the Japanese military leadership in Tokyo will not accept any form of surrender. For the climactic battle to defend its home country, the imperial military had levied over fifty divisions and armed hundreds of thousands of civilians, as well as preparing more Kamikaze attacks.
The Battle for Japan is going to be bloody on both sides. The Americans, under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz, prepare to execute Operation Downfall, the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands.
And all across the Pacific, heroes fight and die. Marines on Honshu’s shorelines, Japanese soldiers in their trenches, and millions more.
This is the story (and the final chapter) of the Pacific War.
With both Okinawa and Iwo Jima now occupied, Japan only controls its main islands, Manchuria, and the parts of China it still occupies.
The situation is more than desperate; it is impossible to turn around. The Japanese can win all they want on the battlefield, but their ever-dwindling industrial base, the Imperial Navy sunk in its entirety, and a quickly melting Imperial Army mean there is no longer hope for a victory against the United States.
The Allies have total control of the seas and the air (especially after the loss of over 3,000 aircraft in Operation Kikusui), and can defeat any Japanese division face-to-face, thanks to better fire support, equipment, and intelligence.
Regardless of the facts, the dismal odds and good old plain good sense, the Japanese military leadership in Tokyo will not accept any form of surrender. For the climactic battle to defend its home country, the imperial military had levied over fifty divisions and armed hundreds of thousands of civilians, as well as preparing more Kamikaze attacks.
The Battle for Japan is going to be bloody on both sides. The Americans, under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz, prepare to execute Operation Downfall, the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands.
And all across the Pacific, heroes fight and die. Marines on Honshu’s shorelines, Japanese soldiers in their trenches, and millions more.
This is the story (and the final chapter) of the Pacific War.
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Published March 2, 2026
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About the author
Max Lamirande
106 books10 followersMax Lamirande is a 47 years old author from Quebec, Canada.
His first book was published in 2020 with the title Blitzkrieg Europa, setting off a successful Alternate history book series on the Second World War.
To date, Lamirande has published at quite a fast rate, with 8 books published and the 9th one coming up in December and the 10th in January 2022. He also has started a new series on the Napoleonic Era.
Lamirande majored in history back in 1998 and has been writing on and off for the last 30 years or so. Wargamer, historian, an expert on World War Two and the Napoleonic Era.
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES
BY MAX LAMIRANDE
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Europa
Book 2: Battle Europa
Book 3: Struggle Europa
Book 4: Fortress Europa
Book 5: Stalemate Europa
Book 6: Staggering Europa
Book 7: Faltering Europa
Book 8: Crumbling Europa publish date December 26th, 2021
Book 9: Falling Europa (publish date to be confirmed, approx. Mar 2022)
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES (complementary of Blitzkrieg Alternate Series)
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Pacific, January 28th, 2022
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
THE NAPOLEONIC ALTERNATE SERIES
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Austerlitz Alternate, December 2021
Book 2: TBD, march 2022
Book 3: TBD, July 2022
His first book was published in 2020 with the title Blitzkrieg Europa, setting off a successful Alternate history book series on the Second World War.
To date, Lamirande has published at quite a fast rate, with 8 books published and the 9th one coming up in December and the 10th in January 2022. He also has started a new series on the Napoleonic Era.
Lamirande majored in history back in 1998 and has been writing on and off for the last 30 years or so. Wargamer, historian, an expert on World War Two and the Napoleonic Era.
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES
BY MAX LAMIRANDE
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Europa
Book 2: Battle Europa
Book 3: Struggle Europa
Book 4: Fortress Europa
Book 5: Stalemate Europa
Book 6: Staggering Europa
Book 7: Faltering Europa
Book 8: Crumbling Europa publish date December 26th, 2021
Book 9: Falling Europa (publish date to be confirmed, approx. Mar 2022)
THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES (complementary of Blitzkrieg Alternate Series)
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Blitzkrieg Pacific, January 28th, 2022
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
THE NAPOLEONIC ALTERNATE SERIES
By Max Lamirande
Book 1: Austerlitz Alternate, December 2021
Book 2: TBD, march 2022
Book 3: TBD, July 2022
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