Outline 14

War in the Pacific
   
Aggression in the 30s    (outline 7)    (map)  
Japanese Advance  (map)  
U.S. Reversal   (map)  
Iwo Jima and Okinawa   (map) 

The BOMB

Manhattan Project
Atomic Diplomacy:
    Feb. 1945: Soviet agrees to war v. Japan
    Spring 1945: U.S. planners expect Japanese surrender
    Spring/Summer 1945: Japanese overtures to Soviet; American
        planning for invasion (1 November 45, 1 January 46)
    VE Day: Soviet to enter war in Asia on 8 August
    July 1945: Stalling Potsdam
    16 July: Potsdam Conference and Almogordo
    6 August: Hiroshima  (bombing image)  (city image)   (casualty image) 
    9 August: Nagasaki


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