It was necessary that we have Japan's unconditional surrender, keep Russia out of East Asia and cut down on the cost of lives, Japanese and American. ... It was absolutely essential that the loss of American lives be decreased. ... It was estimated that it would cost 250,000 American lives and millions of Japanese lives to take Japan by invasion. ... The atomic bomb created a horrific death toll, in the end it saved lives, American and Japanese. ... These possibilities also made keeping Russia out of Japan yet another proponent to dropping the bombs on Japan. ...

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Offensive modernization in Japan was increased in 1868 as part of the Meiji Restoration. ... By 1876, the Japanese eradicated the samurai class as well as the luxuries associated with it. ... The creation of a conscription based army led to Japan's new opposing force that led it to be one of the quickest growing superpowers. ... The increasingly larger companies created the spread of large corporations that marked America's path to industrial success. ... America further advanced their industrial success by implementing Great Britain's scheme of tapping outlying resources. ...

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This intense period of modernization gained the respect that Japan demanded, and also made Japan a feared nation. ... Japan's industrial and economy growth was one of the most successful ever seen. ... This therefore displayed Japan's imperialistic strengths, and also began to instill fear into countries such as Russia, due to Japan's military strength's. ... This was larger then the U.S.A, but was still not as powerful, due to America's superior naval fleet. Britain became allies with Japan in the 1902, this move greatly complimented the Japanese army, and was a l...

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They agreed that the Soviet Union would destroy Nazi forces in eastern Europe, leaving western and southern Europe to the British and the Americans. ... Stalin meanwhile promised that the Soviet Union would declare war on Japan after the defeat of Germany. ...

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Origins of the Cold War It can be said that actions taken by the United States in the early years of the Cold War were completely rational and based on the real fear that the Soviet Union was out to destroy America and our way of life. ... Since Americans felt it was their mission to "impact their faith and values to the rest of the world"(Chafe p.33), they wanted to take action to defend the innocent victims. ... "From a Soviet perspective, the United States seemed unwilling to join collectively to oppose the Japanese and German menace. ... The Soviets did not think of America as helpin...

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Russia declread the war after the German like I said. of course, Russia wanted war as bussines, but they were not ready for the war in 1914 because of Japan-Russia war at 1904 to 1905. the dameged was so huge for Russia. ... That is absolutely right because during conference, Japan did not have permission from America. ...

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They had requested much money from America to help defer war costs. ... The United States successfully made and dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan. ... There were required inspections of Russian plants by Americans. ...

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As the game advanced into the final quarter, Japan scored against Russia, making the score 1 to nothing. ... I was eight years old when I first moved to America. ... It wasn't until we moved to America as refugees for ethnic discrimination that we were able to start a normal life. ...

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Contrary to the popular belief of the average American, Communism is not "evil". ... When we were attempting to stop Japanese aggression in China, Stalin and his comrades were not deemed to be "evil", at least not when wee needed his help. ... The Children of America were not taught that the Soviets were "evil", they were simply not told anything about Communism. ... Democracy, the greatest psychological war the human race has ever faced (almost bringing the species to extinction), and it gets less than 50 pages in a 900 page American History book. ... Had American Democracy been under the ...

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For example, Cuba being a sphere of influence of the United States had greatly benefited Americans up until Castro's revolution in 1958. ... In the terms of this treaty, the Soviets provided China with $300 000 000 worth of goods and materials, and mutual military aid incase of an attack from Japan or its allies. ... This American alliance included most of western Europe. ... This formation of American alliances in Europe also helped the American policy of containment of soviet Expansion in Europe. ...

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One reason in particular was because Truman didnt tell Stalin about the atomic bomb and that they were going to drop it on Japan. ... So in March 1947, Truman mad a speech stating that if any country is in danger f being taken or by communism or is took over by communism that America will step in with money and military help. ... America wanted to stop the spreading from one country to another, which is called the Domino Theory. ... USA focused on helping to rebuild the appealing, so to stop the spread of communism Truman gave financial aid to all of the European nations, he even offered the S...

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America had already taken military action against Germany when it dropped depth charges on a U-boat in the North Atlantic on the 10th of April. ... Their third mistake being their stretched supply lines, like the Japanese in Papa New Guinea, meant the desperately needed winter clothing, as well as ammo, fuel and food could not reach the troops. ... The fact the Russians were supplied with vehicles from the US and Britain also aided them in their victory against the Germans, especially the introduction of American 4WD trucks, which didn't get bogged like the German vehicles. ...

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