Editing Operation Downfall (section)

===Coronet===
[[File:Operation Coronet Kantō.jpg|thumb|Operation Coronet was planned to take Tokyo.]]

Operation Coronet, the invasion of [[Honshu]] at the [[Kantō Plain]] south of the capital, was to begin on "Y-Day", which was tentatively scheduled for March 1, 1946.{{Sfn |Giangreco|2009|p=169}}  Coronet would have been even larger than Olympic, with up to 45 U.S. divisions assigned for both the initial landing and follow-up<ref>{{cite book |author1=War Department |title=History of Planning Division: Volume 6 (ASF-P-SL-1) |date=March 24, 1945 |page=27 |url=https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll8/id/1910 |access-date=May 21, 2023 |chapter=Part 1}}</ref> (by comparison, [[Operation Overlord|the invasion of Normandy]] deployed twelve divisions in the initial landings<!--10 full divisions and 4 brigades, using 2 brigades/division-->). In the initial stage, the [[First United States Army|First Army]] would have invaded at [[Kujūkuri Beach]], on the [[Bōsō Peninsula]], while the [[Eighth United States Army|Eighth Army]] invaded at [[Hiratsuka]], on [[Sagami Bay]]; these armies would have comprised 25 divisions between them.{{Sfn |Giangreco|2009|p=168}}  Later, a follow-up force of up to twenty additional U.S. divisions and up to five or more British Commonwealth divisions would have landed as reinforcements.{{sfn|Giangreco|2009|pp=26, 62}}<ref>History of Planning Division, ASF vol. 6 part 1 p. 29</ref> The Allied forces would then have driven north and inland, encircling Tokyo and pressing on toward Nagano.