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Which Japanese island was the target of planned Operation Olympic in November 1945?
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Kyushu
Who signed Japan’s formal surrender as its foreign minister in 1945?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
What was the codename for the planned 1946 Allied invasion of the Kanto Plain near Tokyo?
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Operation Coronet
Which planned operation was the first stage of the Allied invasion plan for Japan?
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Operation Olympic
What codename did the United States give the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki before Japan's surrender?
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Fat Man
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Who signed Japan’s formal surrender as its foreign minister in 1945?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
What was the codename for the planned 1946 Allied invasion of the Kanto Plain near Tokyo?
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Operation Coronet
Which planned operation was the first stage of the Allied invasion plan for Japan?
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Operation Olympic
What was the name of the woman in Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous V-J Day kiss photograph?
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Greta Zimmer Friedman
Who took the famous Times Square photograph of a sailor kissing a woman on V-J Day?
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
On which battleship did Japan sign the formal surrender ending World War II?
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USS Missouri
Which Allied declaration did Japan accept before signing its formal surrender in 1945?
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Potsdam Declaration
What was the name of Emperor Hirohito's 1945 radio announcement accepting Japan's surrender terms?
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Jewel Voice Broadcast