Chapter 36: New Conflagrations: World War II and the Cold War

Japanese used suicide kamikaze pilots . Okinawan civilians refused to surrender . U.S. military was convinced that Japan would not surrender. Japanese surrender after devastating assault . U.S. firebombing raids devastated Japanese cities: in Tokyo, one hundred thousand killed . August 1945: atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed two ... ................
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