world War II
During the 1930s and through World War II, the Japanese military controlled the government. Japan has an oligarchic and militaristic system of government.
World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The United States did not want to join the war until Pearl Harbor was attacked.
The attack that took place on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, was a shocking military defeat in U.S. history. When faced with a possible invasion of Japan, President Harry S. Truman have to make a decision either to end the war right away or sacrifice more American lives. So the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in Japan’s unconditional surrender and the official end of World War II.
The Americans remained in Japan until 1952. The devastation and loss of homes, crops and lives left the people homeless and starving. Other countries helped, together with the Americans, in rebuilding its cities and economy. Japan had a new democratic constitution that does not allow them to go into war.
World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The United States did not want to join the war until Pearl Harbor was attacked.
The attack that took place on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, was a shocking military defeat in U.S. history. When faced with a possible invasion of Japan, President Harry S. Truman have to make a decision either to end the war right away or sacrifice more American lives. So the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in Japan’s unconditional surrender and the official end of World War II.
The Americans remained in Japan until 1952. The devastation and loss of homes, crops and lives left the people homeless and starving. Other countries helped, together with the Americans, in rebuilding its cities and economy. Japan had a new democratic constitution that does not allow them to go into war.