Check out a PDF version of the eventually scuttled Allied plan to invade Japan. The document starts with…
The following overall objective for the oeprations is assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
To force the unconditional surrender of JAPAN by:
- Lowering Japanese ability and will to resist by establishing sea and air blockades, conducting intensive air bombardments and destroying Japanese air and naval strength.
- Invading and seizing objectives in the industrial heart of JAPAN.