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The Japanese military before and during World War II committed numerous atrocities against civilian and military personnel. Its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, prior to a declaration of war and without warning killed 2,403 neutral military personnel and civilians and wounded 1,247 others.
In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender in World War Two, telling his subjects he had resolved to pave the way for peace by "enduring the ...
Most Japanese military units fought fiercely, ensuring that the Allied victory would come at an enormous cost. The 1.25 million battle casualties incurred in total by the United States in World War II included both military personnel killed in action and wounded in action. Nearly one million of the casualties occurred during the last year of ...
Japan has paid about 70.4 billion yen in compensation for noise pollution caused by U.S. military aircraft, which was the subject of multiple lawsuits from Japanese residents. Under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), the U.S. government is supposed to cover 75% of the compensation for accidents or crimes caused by U.S. personnel ...
The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises into the air from the hypocenter.. Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of the Pacific War theater of World War II (1939–45).
During World War II, Japan had several programs exploring the use of nuclear fission for military technology, including nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.Like the similar wartime programs in Nazi Germany, it was relatively small, suffered from an array of problems brought on by lack of resources and wartime disarray, and was ultimately unable to progress beyond the laboratory stage during ...
Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-100146-1. Grayling, A. C. (2007). Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan. New York: Walker Publishing Company Inc. ISBN 978-0-8027-1565-4. Greer, Ron (2005). Fire from the Sky: A Diary Over Japan. Jacksonville ...
The defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army helped bring about the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The Soviet entry into the war was a significant factor in the Japanese government's decision to surrender unconditionally , as it was made apparent that the Soviet Union was not willing to act as a third party in negotiating ...