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Japan

Japan's Leadership

Emperor Hirohito General Hideki Tojo

Emperor Hirohito Believed to be “all-powerful

god/king”

"His Majesty the Emperor"

Inherited the throne from his father

Head of state under the limitation of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan

Controversial as to how much involvement he had in Japan entering WW2

At the end of WW2 he had to give up his “divine” status

Went from “imperial sovereign” to “constitutional monarch” at the end of WW2

General Hideki Tojo General of the Imperial Japanese Army

Leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association

40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II

Directly responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor

Politically, he was fascist, nationalist, and militarist,

Nicknamed "Razor" because of reputation for a sharp, legalistic mind capable of making quick decisions.

Charismatic and well-connected

Acted on behalf of the Emperor as Supreme Commander

Tried and executed for war crimes

United States

United State's Leadership

President Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR)...Harry Truman after the death of FDR

General Douglas MacArthur

President Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) President of the United

States Constitutional Republic Elected Commander-in-Chief of the

Armed Forces “Mr President” “...day of infamy...” speech Great depression “happy days are here again” Democrat

Harry S Truman President of the United States Constitutional Republic VP and succeeded FDR after his

death Commander-in-Chief of the

Armed Forces “Mr President” Under Truman, the U.S.

successfully concluded World War II

Democrat

General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Commander for the Allied

Powers

Mostly in the Pacific Theater

Known for corncob pipe

5 star general

Field marshal of the Philippine Army

“I shall return”

Escaped from Philippines to Australia to organize attack

Medal of Honor recipient

Occupied Japan after their defeat

Helped to rebuild Japan

Stripped Emperor of military power

End of the War for Japan

Fire bombing of Tokyo Hiroshima Nagasaki

Tokyo Fire Bombing

1942 to 1945 B-29 and B-25

planes Incendiary bombs Targeted factories

and military targets Designed to break

their will to fight

Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6 1945 Hiroshima was

bombed with “little boy” uranium type atomic bomb by the Enola Gay

August 9 1945 Nagasaki was bombed with “fat man” plutonium type atomic bomb by the Bockscar

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

90,000–166,000 dead in Hiroshima

60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki

Roughly half the deaths were in the first days of bombings

August 15 1945 Japan surrenders

September 2, it signed the instrument of surrender

Effectively ended WW2

US only country to use nukes

Planes: B-29 Superfortress

Enola Gay Bockscar

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