Even after the Americans preserved countless lives by avoiding an invasion of Japan, many Japanese officers and soldiers still wanted to continue fighting the war in the Pacific. ... The Japanese blame the Americans for the horrible conditions stated in the Potsdam Declaration. ... The Japanese are also guilty of many atrocities performed on the Americans. ... On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack, killing 2,402 Americans and wounding thousands more. ... This correlates to the fact that every American life lost in the Pacific War was because of the Japanese's horr...

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