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All the Countries Japan Occupied in World War II
The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, ...
A US invasion of Taiwan in WWII would have been a disaster. A Chinese operation faces similar dangers.
An invasion of Taiwan by China today would face similar challenges that caused the US to drop the idea during WWII. The ...
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Japan's Secret Jet Fighter Of WWII: The Nakajima Kikka
A prototype model took to the air on Aug. 7 1945, the aircraft's only successful flight before misaligned takeoff assist rockets caused a repeat flight to be canceled abruptly. Japan surendered on ...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75th anniversary of atomic bombings
It is 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, leading ...
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Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Aug. 14, 1945: Japan surrenders; WWII ends
In the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders, ending World War II. The Des Moines Register reports on Aug, 14, 1945, that the city is awaiting official word of ...
Discrimination Still Haunts Japan's Nobel-Winning A-Bomb Survivors
Nearly one-fifth of Japan's hibakusha, as survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are known, said they had ...
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The Cold War origins 1941-1948 - OCR A
The official US justification for the dropping of the two atomic bombs was to force the Japanese government to surrender, which it did on 14 August 1945. Some historians have speculated that the ...
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The Cold War origins, 1941-1948 - AQA
The official US justification for the dropping of the two atomic bombs was to force the Japanese government to surrender, which it did on 14 August 1945. Some historians have speculated that the ...