Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I muri i te hopu o Okinawa, i whakamaherehia he whakaekenga o te whenua nui o Hapani, 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 te pupuhi karihi o Hiroshima me Nagasaki, i tukua a Hapani
i te 2 o Hepetema 1945, ka mutu te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.