Saturday, August 13, 2016

WAR'S OVER (1945)

On August 14, 1945 Japan agreed to Unconditional Surrender and World War II came to an end.  But this happened only after "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima and "Fat Man" on Nagasaki three days later on the 9th.  These two atomic bombs, devastating as the were, did less damage than the "fire-bombing" of Tokyo where more people lost their lives. 
The occupation and rebuilding began the formation of the Japan we know today.  The United States and Russia shared in the occupation government because during the last days of the war Russia was allowed to take Manchuria with all her heavy industry.  Russia turned it over to Mao and his Red Army which the U.S. faced five years later in Korea..........Medicineman!

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