On what date did Japan accept the Potsdam Declaration’s surrender terms in 1945?
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August 14, 1945
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On what date did Japan accept the Potsdam Declaration’s surrender terms in 1945?
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August 14, 1945
What was the era name of Emperor Hirohito’s reign when Japan surrendered in 1945?
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Shōwa
Which magazine first published Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous V-J Day Times Square photograph?
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Life
Which Japanese holdout became the last known Imperial soldier to surrender, in 1974?
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Teruo Nakamura
What was the 1945 radio broadcast in which Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender called?
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Gyokuon-hōsō
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