ENDGAME AND
AFTERMATH
1944–1955
AS THE WAR REACHED ITS FINALE IN EUROPE, THE US AND JAPAN
INTENSIFIED THEIR BITTER STRUGGLE IN THE PACIFIC. THE DROPPING
OF THE ATOMIC BOMB USHERED IN A NEW AND UNCERTAIN ERA.
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