America's Place in the War

Home The U.S. acted neutral prior to entering World War II, but with the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. was pulled into the war against Germany, Japan, and Italy. The Americans, who were beginning to come close to finishing a new weapon (the atomic bomb,) asked Japan to surrender, but the Japanese didn’t take the chance, even though the U.S. gave them more and more chances to do so later on in the war.

German Troops

Quotes

"The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' . . . It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness."
-President Harry Truman  

 

Japanese Troops

Introduction
America's Place in the War
The Manhattan Project
Progress in the War
Completion of the A-Bomb
Dropping of the A-Bomb
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
After the Bomb
Impact of the A-Bomb
Analysis
Timeline
Process Paper
Annotated Bibliography