On May 8,1945, Europe saw the end of a prolonged and gruesome war. However, peace had yet to come to all corners of the world. Far to the East, the war still raged in the Pacific, and the Japanese seemed unyielding, even when the Allies were slowly retaking one island at a time. Soon, the time came #kevin1230san

Liked: The Utter Battleship Destruction of the Japanese Homeland On May 8,1945, Europe saw the end of a prolonged and gruesome war. However, peace had yet to come to all corners of the world. Far to the East, the war still raged in the Pacific, and the Japanese seemed unyielding, even when the Allies were slowly retaking one island at a time. Soon, the time came to plan a direct assault on the enemy's home islands. But drawing from previous experiences, the US foresaw the fighting would stretch into 1946. Before the secret atomic bomb was considered to subdue the Japanese, the US Navy devised a plan of classic coastal naval bombardments aimed at dismantling the nation's industry. Throughout July and August, the Allied fleets harassed many Japanese ports relentlessly, but they never expected how successful their attacks would be… via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A49p8lkmuM