| Japan Continues Fighting
The Japanese cities were being methodically destroyed by fire bombing raids ordered by Gen. Curtis LeMay.
 Gen. Curtis LeMay
In one raid on Tokyo, 84,000 Japanese died and 270,000 buildings were destroyed. Yet the Japanese fought on.
B-29 Superfortress
The B-29 Superfortress was almost 100 feet long, had a wing span of 141 feet, could carry 10 tons of bombs, and could fly 3,700 miles.
Some leaders within the Japanese government understood that they could not win the war. They contacted Soviet officials starting in June to begin negotiations with the other Allies.
The Soviets were in no rush to arrange an end to the war; they had designs on Japanese territory on the continent of Asia.
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