The Japanese have had a bitter - BITTER taste of defeat at the islands of Guam and Saipan. The Pacific Theater is at a decisive point now...The Japanese are on the run. Douglas MacArthur regrouped after Pearl Harbor. It began with the Doolittle Raid, a bombing on Tokyo factories. After this, the United States simply disemboweled the Japanese Fleet at Midway and the Battle of Coral Sea. Now, Japanese inhabited islands are being rapidly overrun.
As is often the case in the Pacific, few Japanese surrendered and almost all were killed. Once the line collapsed on August 4th, the Marines kept pushing through the monsoon conditions in the jungle.
Island Hopping has proved to be enormously dangerous but extremely effective. Tojo, Fuchida, and Tokyo Rose, what now? The U.S. has you on the ropes.
