V-J DAY: Emperor Hirohito (a.k.a. “Emperor Showa” in death) announces that he is accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, and orders his government to do so also. Hirohito never uses the word “surrender” in his broadcast.
[restored 8/10/2022]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 363.
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