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As the fighting would have then taken place in the island's mountains and jungles, as well as in its urban centers, it was expected that American casualties could have topped 150,000. In fact, the US War Department had estimated that to invade and hold Formosa would have required upwards of half a million men - especially as the loyalty of the population to Japan still remained in question. It was also significantly smaller than Formosa and didn't require as sizeable of an invasion force.

The latter provided the same staging area for an invasion of the Japanese home island while also serving as a suitable base for bombers. Raymond Spruance, commanding the Fifth Fleet, concurred with MacArthur and called for the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Douglas MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the South West Pacific Area, who pushed for the invasion of Luzon in the Philippines instead.Īdm. King, Chief of Naval Operations, but opposing it was Gen. Operation Causeway's biggest supporter was Adm. Douglas MacArthur wades ashore on Luzon, January 19, 1945.

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