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FORMAL SURRENDER OF JAPAN ON THIS DAY

The Japanese Surrendered...But Why?
General  Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, speaking at the opening of the surrender ceremonies, on
board USS Missouri (BB-63).

Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally
surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to
World
War II
. 

By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone
conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed.

The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of
Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated.

At the end of June, the Americans captured Okinawa, a Japanese
island from which the Allies could launch an invasion of the main Japanese home islands.

August 6, the U.S. B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic
bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing an estimated
80,000 people and fatally wounding thousands more.

On August 9, a second U.S. atomic bomb was dropped on the
Japanese coastal city of Nagasaki.

USA C-4627 (Color) Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945
Army General Douglas MacArthur signs the Instrument of Surrender.
 

A Captured General Goes Free | The Saturday Evening Post

Lot Detail - Original Draft of the WWII Japanese Instrument of Surrender From 6 September 1945

SURRENDER OF JAPAN, 2 September 1945, Japanese Delegation Leaves USS Missouri

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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President Harry S. Truman 1945 Photograph by Harris And Ewing | Pixels
Harry S. Truman
(May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)

Hiroshima 70th Anniversary: What to Know About Nuclear Weapons in 2015 - NBC News

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Rare photographs show the aftermath of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb | Daily Mail Online
Devastated: Hardly any buildings in Hiroshima were left
standing after the massive atomic bomb blast.

Obliterated: Japan is today commemorating the loss of 140,000 people killed in the initial Hiroshima blast, as well the countless numbers who died later as a result of radiation poisoning  

Chaos: The unknown photographer is believed to have died shortly before his camera went on sale, as nobody could have survived the radiation levels in the area so soon after the bombing 

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American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima - The Flag

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The US Should Apologize for Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Institute for Policy Studies

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MAKING HISTORY ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only
nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it dropped an
atomic bomb
on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately
80,000 people were killed as a direct result of the blast, while
another 35,000 were injured. At least another 60,000 would be
dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.

Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end
of
World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold
War
.

 

 

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