article_snippet: Japan was responsible for drawing the U.S. into the Second World War after Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S naval base Pearl Harbor in 1941.
article_snippet: a surprise attack on the U.S naval base Pearl Harbor was intended as a preventive action to keep the U.S. from interfering with Japan planned military actions in Southeast Asia, which included overseas territories of the UK, Netherlands, and the United States.
article_snippet: The conflict escalated massively when the U.S dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
article_snippet: This led to the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945 and brought the hostilities of World War II to a close.
article_snippet: Hiroshima was left devastated (pictured) after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city, ending the Second World War and leading to the 'Peace Constitution'