The destruction of the Japanese navy almost completely destroyed their home islands. Cities were destroyed, industrial capacity gutted, and stockpiles exhausted. Government officials stood without respect or prestige
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The most notable is the atomic bomb. Roosevelt became aware that the Nazis were trying to develop one, so he started the "Manhattan Project" which was a group of elite scientists tasked with developing their own atomic bomb. They eventually succeeded, and in 1945, we dropped the bomb on Japan.
The US supported South Korea which has a democratic government similar to the US while the Soviet Union supported North Korea, which has a communist government similar to the one the USSR had.
