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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
This led to the Pacific War between Japan and the United States Picture Link:
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many victories and territory
By 1942, Japan ruled from the Aleutian Islands near Alaska south to the Solomon Islands in teh western Pacific, and from Waker Island west to Burma. Picture Link: http://www.anglonautes.com/hist_us_20_ww2_pearl_harbor/hist_us_20_ww2_map_jap_empire_1942.gif -
America bombing Japan
Even though the Americans were bombing Japan they refused to surrender. This caused the Americans to use there secret weapon..... picture link:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_94wGm5Prdv0/SWuKSxhmvSI/AAAAAAAAAJA/v8dssTSWmdY/s400/bombing+Japan.jpg -
The Atomic Bomb
The United States dropped the first atomic bomb used in war on the city of Hiroshima. This killed hundreds of thousands of people. Several days later, the Americans dropped another bomb which was larger on the city of Nagasaki. Picture Link:
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Signing treaties
Japan signed a peace treaty with the United States and many other nations that they fought with. Soon after a security treaty was signed that let the U.S. have militaryy bases and troops in Japan. Picture link: http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/resources/category/1/7/0/4/images/U978803ACME.jpg
