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How Did The Us Lose Ww2

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What If August 6th, 1945, the United States of America has been hard at war for a long four years. Germany has fallen and the world is left in shambles; only Japan continues to fight the allies. With the US closing in on the Japanese homeland President Harry S. Truman is left with a decision that will change the world. On August 6th, 1945, at 8:16 am the world changed forever. The world’s first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima. The Nuclear age has begun. Around noon, August 9th, 1945, the second atomic bomb was dropped over Nagasaki. On August 15th 1945 Japan announced its surrender and on September 2nd, 1945 Japan formally signed the terms of surrender, ending World War II. The acts that ended World War II will never leave the …show more content…

Life in the U.S would be booming because many soldiers would be returning from Europe after V-E Day. Jobs would still be on the high allowing for the soldiers coming home to find work. All the supply needs of the war would be met as well as most commercial needs. The U.S would put more and more industrial plants into order put the millions of Americans to work. The U.S economy would be every more increasing due to low unemployment, an increase in taxis, and the buying of war bonds which helped pay for the war. The U.S Armed forces would be starting to build a base on the island of Okinawa to launch their attack on the homeland of Japan. War enrollment and draft numbers would increase to meet the demand for new fresh soldiers to lead the charge on Japan. This would allow the U.S to have the numbers need to face the numerous Japanese. On other hand life in the U.S would be worse than before because many, many more Americans would die in the battles to come. Up until this point the U.S had roughly lost 400,00 soldiers; the estimated cost to invade Japan would cost an additional 1,000,000 casualties. As the economy increased in the U.S it also took a hit because other countries that had just come out of war looked to the U.S for support. The war in Europe may have been over, but the clean up had just begun. The U.S was the only country who seemed to be able to help. This would create lots of challenges for the U.S. It would be like walking a tightrope blindfolded, one wrong step and the economy would come crashing down. The U.S would be able to pull the feat off, but would still lose many lives in the battles soon to come. As you can see, life in the U.S was booming, but at the same time taking a turn for the

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