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Japan, at the time, was led by a Premier known as Tojo. Tojo was also commander of the military, and he fought with Hitler. Japan slowly took over the islands neighboring Japan. The U.S. became apprehensive. General Douglas MacArthur led a small makeshift army against the Japanese but was pushed back. The U.S. also fought Japanese kamikazis (which were basically suicide bombers). To be a kamikazi was a great honor, hence its translation "divine wind." The U.S. began pushing Japan back, but it would not surrender. An invasion promised to be extremely bloody. Finally, President Truman of thhe U.S. gave his approval of the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The devastation was great; thousands lost their lives, but Japan would not surrender. Japan did surrender, however, when the U.S. dropped a second A-bomb on Nagasaki. |
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