What was the name of the Allied plan for a full-scale invasion of Japan if it did not surrender in 1945?
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Operation Downfall
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What was the name of the Allied plan for a full-scale invasion of Japan if it did not surrender in 1945?
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Operation Downfall
What was the name of the Japanese-held region invaded by Soviet forces immediately after the August 1945 declaration of war?
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Manchuria
Who signed Japan's World War II surrender instrument first for the Japanese government?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
What was the Western nickname for the Soviet 1945 campaign in Japanese-occupied Manchuria?
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Operation August Storm
What was the U.S. Navy hull number of USS Missouri, the ship used for Japan's surrender ceremony?
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BB-63
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