History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1703 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nagasaki and Surrender
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The idea
On August ninth a second bomb, Fat Man, fell on Nagasaki, killing at least sixty thousand, the anchor says; the Yawp gives perhaps eighty thousand civilians.
In practice
Emperor Hirohito announcing Japan's surrender on August fifteenth, after intervening, the anchor says, to accept unconditional terms.
Where people slip
Japan's envoys signed the surrender aboard the USS Missouri on September second, the National Archives records.
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