In the early 19th century, Napoleon's occupation of Spain led to the outbreak of revolts all across Spanish America. On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Delores.
He used the atomic bomb against Japan because they were one of the world's major powers. They quickly industrialized and imperalized countries bigger than their own but USA didn't have that kind of firepower but we had bombs to drop with huge explosive power and Japan wasn't ready for that. Think to yourself and say what if Japan imperalized my country were or who would I be now
Iwo Jima - although not strictly a stepping stone it gave the US an airbase that was reasonably far forward and at the same time deprived the Japanese of an airbase allowing bombing raids on mainland Japan to proceed with less interference.
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