In the first few months after Pearl Harbor American forces continued to suffer setbacks at Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippines. But, six months after Pearl Harbor,  the U.S., initiating an “Island hopping” or leapfrogging tactic intended to cutoff Japanese supply routes, began to regain naval superiority in the central Pacific and halt Japanese progress. In early May, 1942, the Battle…

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There were a number of factors that led to the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945. Among those factors were the U.S. insistence on Japan’s unconditional surrender; the fact that the Japanese, who venerated the Emperor as a god, would not allow him to admit defeat; and, the knowledge that to a Japanese soldier surrendering or being…

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