What date did U.S. President Harry Truman announce Japan’s acceptance of surrender terms?
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August 14, 1945
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What date did U.S. President Harry Truman announce Japan’s acceptance of surrender terms?
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August 14, 1945
Which U.S. president announced on August 14, 1945, that Japan had accepted the Allied surrender terms?
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Harry S. Truman
What name is commonly given to the Soviet offensive against Japan in August 1945?
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Operation August Storm
Which Allied admiral signed Japan’s surrender document for the United States after MacArthur?
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Chester Nimitz
What was Emperor Hirohito’s surrender broadcast to Japan called?
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Gyokuon-hōsō
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