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What was the name of the 1945 Japanese coup attempt aimed at stopping Hirohito’s surrender broadcast?
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Kyūjō Incident
Who signed the 1945 Japanese surrender instrument for the Soviet Union?
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Kuzma Derevyanko
What was the codename for the first stage of the planned Allied invasion of Japan?
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Operation Olympic
Which 1945 declaration laid out the Allied terms for Japan’s surrender?
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Potsdam Declaration
What does “V-J” stand for in V-J Day, the 1945 celebration of Japan’s surrender?
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Victory over Japan
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Who signed the 1945 Japanese surrender instrument for the Soviet Union?
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Kuzma Derevyanko
What was the codename for the first stage of the planned Allied invasion of Japan?
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Operation Olympic
Which 1945 declaration laid out the Allied terms for Japan’s surrender?
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Potsdam Declaration
What does “V-J” stand for in V-J Day, the 1945 celebration of Japan’s surrender?
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Victory over Japan
Who is the central hobbit character in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit?
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Bilbo Baggins
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s final academic post at Oxford?
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Merton Professor of English Language and Literature