The Delayed Decision to End the War 1945
After the defeat in the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Japanese forces lost the initiative in the battles in the Pacific. The defeat in the Battle of Marianas in 1944 and the subsequent fall of Saipan Island resulted in the collapse of Japan’s “Absolute National Defense Sphere”. After being defeated in the Battle of Leyte, the Japanese authorities planned to begin peace talks after dealing “one decisive blow” in a battle on its mainland. Based on this plan, the battles on Iwo Island and Okinawa were fought as part of a strategy to delay the inevitable. Following total defeat in these battles, the world’s first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The atomic bombings, combined with the entry of the Soviet Union into the war, drove Japan to surrender to the Allies.
Japan’s Defeat
The Delayed Decision to End the War nineteen forty-five
After the defeat in the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Japanese forces lost the initiative in the battles in the Pacific. The defeat in the Battle of Marianas in nineteen forty-four。and the subsequent fall of Saipan Island resulted in the collapse of Japan’s “Absolute National Defense Sphere”. After being defeated in the Battle of Leyte, the Japanese authorities planned to begin peace talks after dealing “one decisive blow” in a battle on its mainland. Based on this plan, the battles on Iwo Island and Okinawa were fought as part of a strategy to delay the inevitable. Following total defeat in these battles, the world’s first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August nineteen forty-five. The atomic bombings, combined with the entry of the Soviet Union into the war, drove Japan to surrender to the Allies.
