move closer to the Japanese mainland.
Japanese troops thought that the US troops would invade the mainland so they recruited large amounts of young soldiers and were preparing bunkers and main defensive's. US senate did not think of risking the life's of a lot of men by invading the mainland so they dropped the bombs to force Japan to surrender.
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The nearest attack by Japan on US mainland took place in Oregon state forest. This took place in 1942 and was the only attack on the mainland.
Yes. if we hadn't dropped the bombs on the Japanese, then we would've had to invade Japan, costing the US millions of lives.
If the US were to invade the Japanese home islands, it was estimated about 1.5 million American military deaths, 2 million Japanese military deaths, and 10 million Japanese civilian deaths would occur.
move closer to the japanese mainland (apex)
to move closer to the Japanese mainland
Japan knew they could NOT successfully invade the mainland US because the American public was armed. At least one of every three households had firearms, including military-style target rifles. If every armed American civilian had been able to kill just one Japanese soldier, the invading force would have been wiped out.
the us role in the battle of iwo jima was to invade it defeat the Japanese and take it over
Generally speaking, yes. The US mainland had many more forces than the Japanese could easily attack. Additionally, the aircraft carriers would have had to come suspiciously close to the USA before launching the fighters, which would have prevented the element of surprise.
Japanese repatriates who were shipped back to the mainland of Japan after Japan surrendered to the Allies in WW2. Hikiagesha means "those who have been lifted and landed" in Japanese. They were treated horribly when they returned to the mainland, almost as if they weren't Japanese because those who resided in the mainland during the war felt they didn't suffer the way they did, b/c they were being bombed by the US.