On July 16, 1945, at precisely 5:30 A. M., an atomic bomb was successfully detonated in the New Mexican desert. Ten days later, Allied leaders assembled at Potsdam sent an ultimatum to the enemy: "The alternative to surrender is prompt and utter destruction." No surrender came, because Japanese military leaders overruled the government. On August 6 the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare was

dropped on Hiroshima, killing instantly nearly 75,000 persons and injuring 100,000 more in a city of 344,000; many more would die from the effects of radiation. Still no word from the government. Two days later, as it had promised at Yalta, the Soviet Union entered the war and overran Japanese forces in Manchuria. On August 9, a second bomb was dropped, this time on Nagasaki. At last, on August 10, Tokyo sued for peace, but on one condition: that Emperor Hirohito be permitted to retain his throne. This condition was accepted by the Allies.

On September 2, 1945, formal surrender ceremonies were conducted in Tokyo Bay on the battleship Missouri, with General MacArthur accepting for the victors.

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b. explanation c. enumeration


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