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August 1945, "Prompt and utter destruction"
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August 1945, "Prompt and utter destruction"
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August 1945, "Prompt and utter destruction"
On Jul 26, 1945, Potsdam Declaration is signed.
TODAY IN HISTORY: In 1945, in a radio broadcast, Japanese Emperor Hirohito (known as Emperor Showa since his death in 1989) read the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War, accepting the Potsdam Declaration, which meant the unconditional surrender of Japan. [audio via] This was the first time the Japanese people had heard the voice of the Emperor.
A translation of the transcript of the broadcast, known as the Gyokuon-hōsō, may be read here.
Read the August 15, 1945 diary entry of Salvador "Doy" H. Laurel, who was in Nara, Japan at the time.