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The world in 1945 was exhausted. For six long years, World War II had turned nations into battlefields and cities into ruins. In Europe, the war was nearing its end. Adolf Hitler was dead. Germany had surrendered. But in the Pacific… the war raged on. Japan was still fighting. And it was fighting with a level of determination that shocked the world. On islands like Iwo Jima and Okinawa, battles became bloodbaths. Japanese soldiers often chose death over surrender. Civilians were caught in the ch