• Why did Japan Surrender?

  • Jun 27 2023
  • Length: 35 mins
  • Podcast

Why did Japan Surrender?

  • Summary

  • Harry Truman didn't expect to be President in 1945, but 82 days into being Vice President he suddenly had a new job to do. War in Europe was effectively over, but the war in the Pacific was still raging on. The US had one objective in mind, Japanese surrender. Americans have historically attributed the dropping of the atomic bomb as the cause for the end of hostilities, but is that the full truth?
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