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Japanese surrender

Daily Worker 15/08/1945

On August 15th 1945 the Japanese Emperor, Emperor Hirohito, announced their formal surrender in World War 2. He did this via a recorded radio address.

The Allies had called for their surrender on July 26th with the alternative being that Japan would be destroyed. When they didn't surrender, the USA detonated an atomic bomb at Hiroshima on August 6th. When they continued not to surrender, the USA dropped a further atomic bomb at Nagasaki on August 9th. Several days later, the surrender came.

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