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===Projected initial commitment=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" !Operation !Olympic<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> !Coronet<ref>[https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA637723.pdf Staff Study Operations "Coronet" 15 August 1945] Retrieved November 6, 2021</ref> |- !Personnel |705,556 |1,171,646 |- !Vehicles |136,812 |222,514 |- !Shipping troop lift requirement<br>(dwt) |1,205,730<ref name="Combined Arms Research Laboratory pp. 26">{{citation |url=http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/3387 |date=May 25, 1945 |title=Downfall: Stategic Plan 1st Edition |publisher=General Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the Pacific |via= Combined Arms Research Laboratory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223031119/http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/3387 |archive-date=February 23, 2014 }} p. 26, Retrieved March 3, 2016</ref> |1,741,023 |- !Infantry divisions |11 |20 |- !Marine divisions |3 |3 |- !Armored divisions |0 |2 |- !Air groups |40 |50<ref name="Combined Arms Research Laboratory pp. 26" /> |} Figures for Coronet exclude values for both the immediate strategic reserve of 3 divisions as well as the 17 division strategic reserve in the U.S. and any British/Commonwealth forces.
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