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Explain the role of the United States in the rebuilding of Japan after WWII.
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Pearl Harbor
? On December 7, 1941 Japanese
forces attacked the US Naval base, Pearl Harbor, located in Honolulu, Hawaii.
? Hundreds of Japanese fighter
planes descended on the base
? Destroyed or damaged American naval
vessels and over 300 airplanes
? More than 2,400 Americans died in the
attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded.
? The day after the assault, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan.
Allies
? Great Britain ? USA ? China ? Soviet Union
(USSR)
Axis
? Germany ? Italy ? Japan
Background WWII
? The Pacific battles between the Axis and Allied Powers were very bloody.
? The Allied Powers used an Island Hopping technique to take over islands and get closer to Japan.
? Kamikaze Pilots-Japanese pilots in World War II who deliberately crashed their airplanes onto enemy ships
? Hitler surrenders (May 7, 1945) but Hirohito doesn't
?
Decision to drop the bomb....
United States believed
? Americans were suffering many
casualties , Japanese were showing no signs of possible negotiation.
? If the United States dropped the
atomic bomb, surrender and peace would probably occur.
? Americans viewed Hirohito as a
symbol of military aggression
Japan believed...
? Japan is willing to fight to the
bitter end as an underdog.
? Emperor Hirohito was totally
against unconditional surrender.
? Unconditional surrender was
destruction of "divine" monarchy.
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