(A) both the sending of thousands of pilots on suicide missions, and nighttime attacks by Japanese troops against American lines.
(B) nighttime attacks by Japanese troops against American lines
(C) the sending of thousands of pilots on suicide missions
(D) ** All these answers are correct
(E) the loss of over 100, 000 Japanese lives at Okinawa
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140, 000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74, 000 in Nagasaki.
Concept note-2: -The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the reason for Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II.
Concept note-3: -After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms.
Concept note-4: -Then, on August 9, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb over Nagasaki, ultimately killing approximately 70, 000. Finally recognizing that victory was impossible, the Japanese government accepted Allied surrender terms without qualifications on August 14, 1945.