After Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941), a reasonable portion of U.S. military capabilities were dedicated to defeating the Japanese empire's gains in the Pacific. American forces pushed across a chain of several islands until reaching the outskirts of Japan in mid-1945. go to -> http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u8/
After giving the Japanese one more chance to surrender (26 July 1945), Truman made the decision to use the new weapons against Japan without warning. On August 6, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, resulting in 80,000 instant deaths. Japan refused to surrender, so the U.S. dropped another bomb on the city of Nagasaki two days later, killing another 40,000 Japanese residents instantly. On August 15, the Emperor announced the Japanese surrender to the allies over the radio, effectively ending WWII. Images from:
