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Being over-simplistic, the US joined by Allied forces pitted themselves against Japan in order to prevent Japan's further militarization. Our forces worked to stop the sale to Japan of steel, oil and materials needed to continue their power struggle with China and French Indonesia. We operating in four different theaters in the Pacific using air surveillance and strategic bombing missions to deter and discourage Japans continued aggression, the culmination of which was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the results so devastating the Japan was forced to surrender.

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