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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.
4 days ago · More importantly, it marked the United States‘ entry into World War II, fundamentally altering the course of the conflict and reshaping the global balance of power. But what drove Japan to launch this audacious attack, and why did they not follow it up with an invasion of Hawaii?
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4 days ago · The war also saw the operational use of several groundbreaking new technologies, most significantly the atomic bomb. The US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 killed 100,000-200,000 people instantly and left tens of thousands more to die of radiation poisoning.
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.
May 6, 2024 · In the early morning of 6 June 1942, 500 Japanese soldiers landed on Kiska, one of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. They took the only inhabitants of the island, a ten man (and six dog) US Navy Weather Detachment by complete surprise and quickly took control of American soil.
May 11, 2024 · What aircraft did Japan use in suicide kamikaze attacks in WW2? The answer is quite a number of the aircraft they had available. But what may come as a surprise to many is that Japan built a specially designed aircraft for kamikaze attacks called the Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi ('sabre').
3 days ago · Japanese Foreign Policy 1937-1941. Japan Center for Asian Historical Records. Soft Balancing as Foreign Policy: Assessing American Strategy toward Japan in the Interwar Period. JStor article by Ilai Z. Saltzman in Foreign Policy Analysis, Vol. 8, No. 2 (APRIL 2012), pp. 131-150 (20 pages) From the Second Sino-Japanese War to the Pacific War.
