AUHIS 251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Carpet Bombing, Truman Doctrine
30 Sep 2018
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What made it easier was that the majority of the the german army and the best. Where the first key decisions are made about germany after the war is over. Stalin"s army was already the only army is germany. From 1943 and on, germany starts retreating. President truman was meeting with stalin after wwii. Truman got the secret message that the test had worked, us had the bomb. If japanese wouldn"t surrender, us planned to drop bombs to convince them. Tokyo was chosen because it had already been destroyed by air attacks. When japan surrendered, he became the occupier for several years. By 1950 - probably most well loved american in japanese history. Helped japan get to a point where it could rebuild itself physically, psychologically. Clear the fields, draw the lines, and play ball macarthur was a huge baseball star. Many soldiers were baseball players because they were young, fit, etc. Japan knew about american baseball and loved it.
