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Because it's quite a distance away, an invasion would have really hard to organise.
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Do US use the strategy of island hopping to?
move closer to the Japanese mainland.
What types of Japanese military operations were in Hiroshima before the bomb?
Japanese troops thought that the US troops would invade the mainland so they recruited large amounts of young soldiers and were preparing bunkers and main defensive's. US senate did not think of risking the life's of a lot of men by invading the mainland so they dropped the bombs to force Japan to surrender.
What year did the first Japanese immigrants settled on the us mainland?
1909
Where were the nearest Japanese attack to the us mainland?
The nearest attack by Japan on US mainland took place in Oregon state forest. This took place in 1942 and was the only attack on the mainland.
It was justified to drop the atomic bomb on Japanese cities?
Yes. if we hadn't dropped the bombs on the Japanese, then we would've had to invade Japan, costing the US millions of lives.
What was the estimated number of deaths if the US were to invade Japan during 1942?
If the US were to invade the Japanese home islands, it was estimated about 1.5 million American military deaths, 2 million Japanese military deaths, and 10 million Japanese civilian deaths would occur.
Why did the US use the strategy of island hopping?
move closer to the japanese mainland (apex)
Why did the US use island hopping strategy used in the Pacific?
to move closer to the Japanese mainland
Is it true that the Japanese could have successfully invaded the US after Pearl Harbor but decided not to invade because they knew the American public was armed?
Japan knew they could NOT successfully invade the mainland US because the American public was armed. At least one of every three households had firearms, including military-style target rifles. If every armed American civilian had been able to kill just one Japanese soldier, the invading force would have been wiped out.
What was the us role in the battle of Iwo Jima?
the us role in the battle of iwo jima was to invade it defeat the Japanese and take it over
Did armed US citizens prevent a Japanese attack on the US mainland?
Generally speaking, yes. The US mainland had many more forces than the Japanese could easily attack. Additionally, the aircraft carriers would have had to come suspiciously close to the USA before launching the fighters, which would have prevented the element of surprise.
What is hikiagesha?
Japanese repatriates who were shipped back to the mainland of Japan after Japan surrendered to the Allies in WW2. Hikiagesha means "those who have been lifted and landed" in Japanese. They were treated horribly when they returned to the mainland, almost as if they weren't Japanese because those who resided in the mainland during the war felt they didn't suffer the way they did, b/c they were being bombed by the US.
