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==Appendix 1: Landing schedules for Olympic and Coronet== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="7" |Operation Olympic Landing Schedule<ref>[http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a637722.pdf U.S. Army, Sixth Army Field Order 74, 28 July 1945] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716112107/http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a637722.pdf |date=July 16, 2022 }} Retrieved November 6, 2021</ref> |- !Date !Miyazaki Plain !Ariake Bay !Kagoshima !Satsuma Peninsula !General Reserve !Outlying Islands |- |X-5 | β | β | β | β | β |40th Division, 158th RCT |- |X-Day |25th, 33rd Divisions |43rd Division, 1st Cavalry Division |2nd, 3rd, 5th Marine Divisions | β | β | β |- |X+1 | β |Balance of above divisions | β | | β | β |- |X+2 |41st Division |Americal Division, 112th RCT | β | β | β | β |- |X+3 | colspan="3" |(From General Reserve) |98th, 81st Divisions |158th RCT | β |- |X+4 | β |Balance of Americal Div. | | β | β | β |- |X+5 | β | β | β |77th Division | β | β |- | rowspan="2" |X+22 | colspan="4" |(From General Reserve) |11th Airborne Division | β |- ! colspan="5" |13 Divisions, 2 RCTs !1 Division, 1 RCT |- |Final ! colspan="6" |815,548 men |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="7" |Operation Coronet Landing Schedule<ref>[https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA637723.pdf Staff Study Operations "Coronet" 15 August 1945] Retrieved November 6, 2021</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |Date ! rowspan="2" |Sagami Bay ! rowspan="2" |Boso Peninsula ! rowspan="2" |General Reserve ! colspan="3" |Strategic Reserve |- !Philippines !US Mainland !Commonwealth Corps<ref>Giangreco 2009</ref> |- |Y-Day |24th, 31st, 37th, 6th, 32nd, 38th Infantry Divisions, 13th, 20th Armored Divisions |7th, 27th, 96th Infantry Divisions, 1st, 4th, 6th Marine Divisions |97th Infantry Division (with Western Force) | rowspan="4" | β | rowspan="4" | β | rowspan="4" | β |- |Y+30 |4th, 87th, 8th Infantry Divisions |86th, 44th, 5th Infantry Divisions | β |- |Y+35 | colspan="2" |(From General Reserve) |2nd, 28th, 35th Infantry Divisions, 11th Airborne Division |- |Y+60 | colspan="3" |(Rear Echelon) |- | rowspan="3" |After Y+60 | colspan="3" |(From Strategic Reserve) |95th, 104th, 91st Infantry Divisions |10th Mountain Division, 5 unnamed Armored Divisions, 11 unnamed Infantry Divisions<ref>History of Planning Division, ASF vol. 6 part 1 p. 29</ref> |3rd UK Division, 6th Canadian Division, 10th Australian Division, 2nd New Zealand Division, 1 unnamed Australian Division |- ! colspan="3" |25 Divisions ! colspan="3" |25 Divisions |- ! colspan="3" |1,171,646 men (Incl. 11th AB Div. (8,556) and 81,002 others from Kyushu) !120,000 men !735,000 men<ref name=":1" /> !200,000 men |}
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