69
World War II - The Pacific Theater
Lecture no. 69 from the course: A History of the United States, 2nd Edition
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Taught by Professor Gary W. Gallagher and 2 other(s) | 31 min | Categories: History
Aircraft carriers became the crucial weapon of the Pacific war. American seaborne forces seized a succession of Pacific islands from which aircraft could bomb the Japanese mainland. By mid-1945, Allied victory in the Pacific was assured. Japanese refusal to surrender and the prospect of a costly and difficult invasion of Japan prompted the new president, Harry Truman, to approve the use of the war...
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