The campaign was part of the Allied Japan campaign intended to provide staging areas for an invasion of Japan, but the dropping of atomic weapons on two Japanese cities caused the Japanese government to surrender without an armed invasion being necessary.
The campaign was part of the Allied Japan campaign intended to provide staging areas for an invasion of Japan as well as supporting aerial bombardment and a naval blockade of the Japanese mainland. The dropping of atomic weapons on two Japanese cities, however, caused the Japanese government to surrender without an armed invasion being necessary.