Okinawa
Japan was being defeated at sea, in the air, and on the ground in virtually all theaters of combat. Despite yhese obvious defeats and the impending invasion of Japan itself, the Japanese Army resisted all discussions of ending the war (on any likely terms). The United States was aware of this, and wanted to avoid a final bloody invasion of Japan. The US President agreed with the key allied military & diplomatic leaders, and decided to jolt or shock the Japanese government or Japanese Emperor into deciding on the surrender, with the use of the atomic bombs against the Japanese cities. This strategy worked. The Japanese Emperor had to force the Japanese military leaders to accept the terms of surrender.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
They convinced leaders not to make laws addressing issues such as child labor and pollution.
As relations between the US and Japan were beginning to deteriorate, tensions among Japanese leaders were high against the US. The last high ranking Japanese leader to be convinced that a war was the best thing for Japan was Yoshimichi Hara. He was the president of the emperor's Privy Council. By the time of the December 1 cabinet meeting he finally agreed to the attack.
In response to the japanese attack on pearl harbour which cost usa hundreds of lives and ships. The 2 cities are bombed on aug 8 , 1942. Truman chose the bombs rather than risk millions of American lives in an invasion of the Japanese mainland, following the extremely high causalities on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
the leaders were very angre with the invasion of manchuria!
The Phillipiness
It saved millions of Japanese civilian lives that would have been lost in the planned year long invasion of Japan, had the bomb not forced the leaders to surrender.
the Japanese leaders were named the "shoguns" in the earlier days
It convinced leaders not to make laws addressing issues such as child labor and pollution.
Shays's Rebellion.
Battle of Saratoga
Japan was being defeated at sea, in the air, and on the ground in virtually all theaters of combat. Despite yhese obvious defeats and the impending invasion of Japan itself, the Japanese Army resisted all discussions of ending the war (on any likely terms). The United States was aware of this, and wanted to avoid a final bloody invasion of Japan. The US President agreed with the key allied military & diplomatic leaders, and decided to jolt or shock the Japanese government or Japanese Emperor into deciding on the surrender, with the use of the atomic bombs against the Japanese cities. This strategy worked. The Japanese Emperor had to force the Japanese military leaders to accept the terms of surrender.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
It was a land grab. They decided to target the resource-rich province of Manchuria in northern China as an ideal place for an invasion.
It was a land grab. They decided to target the resource-rich province of Manchuria in northern China as an ideal place for an invasion.