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What ended the war in the Pacific theater? How did the United States prevail against Japan?
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The most decisive battle in the Pacific theatre was the Battle of Midway. It wasn't until August if 1945 that the U.S. used atomic bombs to destroy the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.