The plans to invade the Japanese Home Islands in the fall grow ever more concrete, with the main issue being not just how to transport men by the millions around the world, but where to put them once they get there. On land the fight continues in Okinawa and the Philippines, and at sea the American fleet is savaged by a typhoon for the second time in six months. Chapters 00:34 Recap 01:22 The Allied Control Commission 02:29 Okinawa 03:50 The War in the Philippines 06:22 Halsey and another typhoon 09:13 Operation Downfall 19:07 Summary 19:24 Conclusion 20:28 Dedication to Donald Wilson Round Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Jake McCluskey Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell & James Newman Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Editing and color grading by: Simon J. James Artwork by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Simon J. James & Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2 Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Extraction - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Final Frontier - Hampus Naeselius Heroes Will Fall - Bonnie Grace Last March Of Heroes - Grant Newman Road of Fury - John Abbot Additional sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.