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President Truman and the Allied Powers issued the Potsdam Proclamation on July 25, 1945 to the Japanese government warning of "prompt and utter destruction" if it did not surrender immediately.  Afterwards, Truman dropped 27 million leaflets over Japanese cities with the same warning.  The Japanese ignored them and showed no interest in surrendering.  If the Japanese had shown any interest in ending the war, then the atomic bomb would not have been dropped and many lives sparedHowever, the Japanese wanted to keep fighting as surrender is seen as highly dishonourable under the ancient [[Samurai]] code of [[Bushido]]
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President Truman and the Allied Powers issued the Potsdam Proclamation on July 25, 1945 to the Japanese government warning of "prompt and utter destruction" if it did not surrender immediately.  Afterwards, Truman dropped 27 million leaflets over Japanese cities with the same warning.  The Japanese ignored them and showed no interest in surrendering.  If the Japanese had shown any interest in ending the war, then the atomic bomb would not have been dropped.  But the Japanese wanted to keep fighting.

Revision as of 18:13, March 13, 2007

President Truman and the Allied Powers issued the Potsdam Proclamation on July 25, 1945 to the Japanese government warning of "prompt and utter destruction" if it did not surrender immediately. Afterwards, Truman dropped 27 million leaflets over Japanese cities with the same warning. The Japanese ignored them and showed no interest in surrendering. If the Japanese had shown any interest in ending the war, then the atomic bomb would not have been dropped. But the Japanese wanted to keep fighting.