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(AUGUST 14, 1945)

Japan suffered its first defeat at the

Battle of the Coral Sea. General

MacArthur began a counterattack by

retaking the islands between

Australia and Japan. In April 1944, the

Allies landed in West Papua,

threatening Japan's position in

Indonesia. Atomic bombs were

dropped on Hiroshima (August 6,
JAPAN
JAPAN
1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945),

SURRENDERS TO
SURRENDERS TO killing thousands and destroying

Japan
infrastructure.
Japanese
surrendered to the Allies on August
THE ALLIES
THE ALLIES

deed
the
of
14,
signing
1945,
surrender on board the USS Missouri.

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