The Pacific War

The Pacific War (7th December 1941- 26th October 1945) was a military conflict that was fought between the Empire of Japan and the United States and it's allies. It would merge with the ongoing Second Sino-Japanese War between Japan and the Republic of China.

It was characterised by grueling island hopping campaigns and jungle warfare.

The war against Japan would end when the United States dropped four atomic bombs on Japan before launching an invasion of the Home Islands, codenamed Operation Olympic. The invasion was costly, with the Japanese putting up fanatical resistance to American and Commonwealth forces.

Aftermath
It resulted in the destruction of the Japanese colonial empire, the occupation of the Japanese Home islands, the independence of several nations in Southeast Asia, and led to the establishment of the Russian Republic.

An unintended consequence of the atomic bombings was that many US soldiers and Japanese civilians were exposed to vast amounts of radiation, the effects of which were poorly understood at the time.