After Okinawa, Truman's advisors warned that he could put 1/2 a million lives at risk by attacking Japan's home turf. Truman decided to use the A-bomb, noting that it would bring the Japanese to an easy, unconditional surrender. After using it on August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945, more than 150,000 were killed. The Japanese surrendered approximately a month after that.
The US and the Soviet set aside differences and joined the UN, which was designed to protect countries who were apart of it from aggression. It was located in New York City. The General Assembly was created there, where each nation had a say in many types of issues.
The US and the Soviet set aside differences and joined the UN, which was designed to protect countries who were apart of it from aggression. It was located in New York City. The General Assembly was created there, where each nation had a say in many types of issues.
The Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was a Harvard educated man who knew that Japan could not defeat the US. However, he knew that the naval force in Hawaii was very dangerous and should be stopped. He decided to attack Hawaii, and although Americans knew that an attack might come, they had no idea where or when. Attacking Pearl Harbor using explosives damaged 19 ships in Pearl Harbor and killed 2,300 Americans.
After the Battle of the Bulge, Germany realized its options were dwindling and it needed to come up with a plan - fast. However, they were unable to think of one. 3 million Allied troops and 6 million Soviet troops marched toward Berlin and opened fire. After Hitler realized this, he and his mistress committed suicide. The Allies took this as surrender.
Germany decided to invade Poland in the late 1930's by using a strategy called blitzkrieg, or lightning war. It used airplanes and tanks, followed by troops to surprise enemy combatants and overwhelm them. The strategy worked in Poland, however, the French and British did not like this, and declared war on the Germans.
After the Communist party became outnumbered by the Nationalists, they began a 6000 journey attempting to evade Jiang Jeishi and his followers. Many died from the lack of food, the cold - Communists became mistreated and everything was against them. Mao started to hide in caves, and gained new followers, which started a civil war.
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