When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945 Tillman Barrett
Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) on August 15, 1945 officially marked the end of World War I, but in fact conflict continued throughout the month. This fascinating title from Barrett Tillman explore the…
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Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) on August 15, 1945 officially marked the end of World War I, but in fact conflict continued throughout the month. This fascinating title from Barrett Tillman explore the final weeks of the war, until the shooting finally stopped.In forty-four months between December 1941 and August 1945, the Pacific Theater of Operations absorbed the attention of the American nation and military longer than any other. Despite the Allied grand strategy of "Germany first," after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. especially was committed to confronting Tokyo as a matter of urgent priority.But from Oaho to Tokyo was a long, sanguinary slog, averaging an advance of just three miles per day. The U.S. human toll paid on that road reached some 108,000 battle deaths, more than one-third the U.S. wartime total. But by the summer of 1945 on both the
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