Japan campaign

Japan campaign
	Part of Pacific War
	; Task Force 38, of the U.S. Third Fleet maneuvering off the coast of Japan, 17 August 1945, two days after Japan agreed to surrender.
Date	18 April 1942 – 1 September 1945
Location	Mainland and Japan Islands, Pacific
Result	Allied Victory Operation Downfall canceled with Surrender of Japan; Blockade lifted and famine narrowly averted by American food aid; American–led occupation of Japan;
Belligerents
United States ; United Kingdom ; Canada ; New Zealand ; Australia ; Soviet Union (from August 1945)	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Franklin D. Roosevelt #; Harry S. Truman ; Douglas MacArthur; William Halsey Jr.; Curtis LeMay; Chester W. Nimitz; Bernard Rawlings; Aleksandr Vasilevsky	Hirohito ; Hideki Tojo ; Shunroku Hata ; Kiichiro Higuchi ; Tadamichi Kuribayashi †; Mitsuru Ushijima †; Matome Ugaki †; Seiichi Itō †
Casualties and losses
Comparatively light	193,300 soldiers dead (all causes); Surrendered and captured following blockade and bombings:; 4,335,000 soldiers; 9,435 artillery pieces; 5,286 tanks; 731 other AFVs; 12,682 aircraft (mostly kamikazes)

The Japan campaign was a series of battles and engagements in and around the Japanese home islands, between Allied forces and the forces of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945.

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