1. Allied powers
Axis powers
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
“Little Boy”
“Fat Man”
reparations • Pearl Harbor was a US naval/army • By 1942, Japan controlled almost all • Japan was stripped of the lands it
occupation base in the territory of Hawaii of Southeast Asia (China/Indochina) conquered
Gen. Douglas McArthur • US disapproved of Japan’s • US and Japan fought many bloody • US directed the rebuilding of Japan
kamikazes alliance with Germany & Italy - battles on the islands in the Pacific under MacArthur’s leadership
President Harry Truman placed an oil embargo on Japan • The Japanese fought hard as the Allies • The new Japanese Constitution was
the Diet & Japan became angry moved closer to Japan based on the British government
• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on • Truman demanded the surrender of 1. Emperor stripped of power
December 7, 1941 Japan or he would order an attack with 2. Can only maintain a defensive
• Attack destroyed many US atomic bombs military – US would help protect
battleships but not the aircraft • “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima Japan, if necessary
carriers and “Fat Man” was dropped on 3. created the Diet (the legislature)
• US declared war on Axis Powers Nagasaki • This constitution in still used today
• Japan surrendered in August 1945
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3. “Fat Man”
“Little Boy”