Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te hopu o Okinawa, i whakamaherehia he whakaekenga o te whenua nui o Hapanihi, ko te ingoa waehere Operation Downfall, ko te waahanga tuatahi o te whakaekenga o te moutere o Kyūshū i te marama o Noema 1945. Nā ngā pahū ngota o Hiroshima me Nagasaki, Japan
I tukua i te 2 o Hepetema 1945, ka mutu te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.