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Which B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima in 1945?
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Enola Gay
On what date did the Hiroshima atomic bombing occur during the final weeks before Japan's 1945 surrender?
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August 6, 1945
On what date did the Soviet Union notify Japan that it was declaring war in 1945?
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August 8, 1945
Which Soviet official told Japan’s ambassador that the Soviet Union had declared war in August 1945?
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Vyacheslav Molotov
Which battleship hosted Japan's World War II surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay?
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USS Missouri
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On what date did the Soviet Union notify Japan that it was declaring war in 1945?
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August 8, 1945
Which Soviet official told Japan’s ambassador that the Soviet Union had declared war in August 1945?
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Vyacheslav Molotov
Which battleship hosted Japan's World War II surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay?
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USS Missouri
Who was the first Japanese official to sign the surrender document aboard USS Missouri in 1945?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
What was the planned Allied invasion of Japan's home islands called in World War II?
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Operation Downfall
What was the formal name of the document signed to end Japan's war with the Allies in 1945?
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Which American general accepted Japan's surrender for the Allies at the 1945 ceremony?
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Douglas MacArthur