The united states' support for a rapidly-built Japan after world war II stemmed from what? - The...
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The united states' support for a rapidly-built Japan after world war II stemmed from what?
- The new threat of the cold war.
- Collapse of the Guomindang government.
- British imperial activity in east Asia.
- Anti-Chinese sentiments in the united states.
Reduced to ashes:
During the last year of the Second World War, the United States Army Air Force conducted an all out bombing campaign on Japan. The raids reduced most targets to little more than smoking ruins, including Tokyo, which was heavily damaged by fire bombs.
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View this answerThe reason that the US wanted Japan to rebuild after the war was due to the pressures of the Cold War. In August 1945, just prior to the surrender of...
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Chapter 8 / Lesson 7East Asia was devastated in innumerable ways during World War II, and the political conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States greatly impacted the course of nations in the aftermath. Learn how Korea's partition was a battleground for the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. and how Japan was occupied by Allied forces before and after the country's government was reconstructed.