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Which B-29 bomber dropped the Hiroshima atomic bomb during the final week before Japan’s 1945 surrender?
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Enola Gay
Which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb used in war dropped on in 1945, shortly before Japan’s surrender?
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Hiroshima
Which operation was the planned Allied invasion of Honshu’s Kanto Plain near Tokyo?
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Operation Coronet
Which operation was the planned Allied invasion of southern Kyushu in November 1945?
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Operation Olympic
What was the name of the 1945 coup attempt to stop Japan’s surrender broadcast?
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Kyūjō Incident
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Which operation was the planned Allied invasion of Honshu’s Kanto Plain near Tokyo?
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Operation Coronet
Which operation was the planned Allied invasion of southern Kyushu in November 1945?
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Operation Olympic
What was the name of the 1945 coup attempt to stop Japan’s surrender broadcast?
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Kyūjō Incident
Which U.S. general accepted Japan’s surrender for the Allied powers in Tokyo Bay in 1945?
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Douglas MacArthur
Which Japanese emperor delivered the radio address announcing Japan’s surrender in August 1945?
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Emperor Hirohito