Operation: Downfall

Operation: Downfall was the codename given to the United States invasion of the Empire of Japan in the Fall of 1945. President Joe Steele saw to it that the invasion was particularly destructive to the country, with numerous cities, including Tokyo, firebombed into the ground. While the Japanese army fought tenaciously, and the U.S. military took heavy casualties, Japan was defeated. When it was clear that the United States was winning, the Soviet Union under Leon Trotsky invaded the northern island of Hokaido. The division of the islands between the U.S. and USSR set the stage for the Japanese War in 1948.