Causes of WW II and Events in WW II Unit

Assignment #4 The End of War

America's strategy and technology overwhelmed Japan
America had very strong strategies and technology in order to defeat Japan during World War II.
America's main strategy was "island hopping," this is where they would move from island to
island securing them along the way in order to get to Japan to take total domination. They cut of
Japan from resources by retaking the Philippines and isolating them from the Malaysia,
Indonesia and other sources of raw materials like oil, coal, rubber and iron. Besides Americas
tanks, air force or small arms their main use of technology over Japan was the Atomic Bomb.
They dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 120,000
people instantly and 100,000 people years after due to radiation poisoning. Japan could not fight
with Americas strategy and technology, thus Japan making a final decision to surrendering on
August 15, 1945.