New Conflagrations: World War II
Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 25 August 2015 Chapter 37 Outline WW2 8/6/1945, listening to armed services radio on Saipan, US-ctrl?d. island in north Pacific,US marine Victor Tolley heard news: pres. Of US announced weapon deployed against city Hiroshima, Japan; Tolley rejoiced, realizing atom bomb might stop invasion of Japan Heard city Nagasaki was hit Radio announces suggested it might be decades before cities are habitable again Tolley was assigned to US occupation in Nagasaki in 9/1945 Lived there for 3 months; 1stday, investigated city 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria, US concluded hostilities by dropping atom bombs 1931-45, conflict expo?d. beyond east Asia; 1941, WW2 was global