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3 days ago · Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45). On 26 July 1945 at the Potsdam Conference, United States President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President ...
5 days ago · Magazines were told that the cause of the war was the enemy's egoistic desire to rule the world, and ordered, under the guise of requests, to promote anti-American and anti-British sentiment. When Jun'ichirō Tanizaki began to serialize his novel Sasameyuki , a nostalgic account of pre-war family life, the editors of Chūōkōron were warned it ...
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4 days ago · The Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia during World War II from 1942-1945 was a period of unimaginable brutality and suffering that left an indelible mark on the region. In just a few short years, millions of civilians were killed, enslaved, or subjected to horrific atrocities as Imperial Japan sought to establish its "Greater East Asia Co ...
May 13, 2024 · The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the U.S. government program called the Manhattan Project. The United States then used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on August 6 and 9, respectively, killing about 210,000 people.
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4 days ago · by history tools. May 26, 2024. Introduction. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, stands as one of the most significant and transformative events of the 20th century. In just two hours, the assault claimed the lives of over 2,400 Americans, sank or damaged 18 ships, and destroyed nearly 200 aircraft.
2 days ago · Embracing Defeat is a richly researched, beautifully illustrated and elegantly written account of the period of the US-led occupation of Japan from 1945–52, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the US National Book Award, among others. Throughout the book John Dower’s writing is elegant, informative and easy to follow.
4 days ago · At the heart of WW2‘s unprecedented death toll was the central role played by authoritarian regimes with aggressive expansionist and racist ideologies – Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
