Okla-homey
8/10/2007, 06:31 AM
August 10, 1945: Leading by 6 TD's, with 10 seconds left on the game clock and America driving on first down and inches, Coach Truman orders his offense to take a knee
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The Second Installment in the SF.com celebration of "Nuke Week." Embrace the Horror!
Sixty-two years ago, on this day in 1945, just a day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan submits its acquiescence to the Potsdam Conference terms of unconditional surrender. President Harry S. Truman orders a halt to atomic bombing.
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Churchill, Truman and Stalin attending the Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. At that meeting, the Allies declared no terms would be offered to Japan. HST decided to unveil and unleash nuclear weapons against Japan during the conference.
Emperor Hirohito, having remained aloof from the daily decisions of prosecuting the war, rubber-stamping the decisions of his War Council, including the decision to bomb Pearl Harbor, finally felt compelled to do more.
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Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito was the longest-reigning monarch in Japan's history.
At the behest of two Cabinet members, the emperor summoned and presided over a special meeting of the Council and implored them to consider accepting the terms of the Potsdam Conference, which meant unconditional surrender. "It seems obvious that the nation is no longer able to wage war, and its ability to defend its own shores is doubtful."
The Council had been split over the surrender terms; half the members wanted assurances that the emperor would maintain his hereditary and traditional role in a postwar Japan as a blend of divinity/supreme ruler before surrender could be considered. But in light of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, Nagasaki on August 9, and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as well as the emperor's own request that the Council "bear the unbearable," it was agreed: Japan would surrender.
Tokyo released a message to its ambassadors in Switzerland and Sweden, which was then passed on to the Allies. The message formally accepted the Potsdam Declaration but included the proviso that "said Declaration does not comprise any demand which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as sovereign ruler."
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Emperor Hirohito photographed with Emperor Ronaldus Maximus and Empress Nancy in Tokyo
When the message reached Washington, President Truman, unwilling to inflict any more suffering on the Japanese people, especially on "all those kids," ordered a halt to atomic bombing, He also wanted to know whether the stipulation regarding "His Majesty" was a deal breaker.
Negotiations between Washington and Tokyo ensued. Meanwhile, savage fighting continued between Japan and the Soviet Union in Manchuria. The deal was finally done on Augsut 14th, which is considered to be the real "VJ Day"
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Japanese POW's on Guam reacting to the news on August 14th
Contrast the above with an American sailors' reaction...
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http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/23401/2003780277564472548_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003780277564472548)
http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/25412/2003795101464461694_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003795101464461694)
The Second Installment in the SF.com celebration of "Nuke Week." Embrace the Horror!
Sixty-two years ago, on this day in 1945, just a day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan submits its acquiescence to the Potsdam Conference terms of unconditional surrender. President Harry S. Truman orders a halt to atomic bombing.
http://aycu37.webshots.com/image/25436/2003772847904620835_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003772847904620835)
Churchill, Truman and Stalin attending the Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. At that meeting, the Allies declared no terms would be offered to Japan. HST decided to unveil and unleash nuclear weapons against Japan during the conference.
Emperor Hirohito, having remained aloof from the daily decisions of prosecuting the war, rubber-stamping the decisions of his War Council, including the decision to bomb Pearl Harbor, finally felt compelled to do more.
http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/24004/2003772415705912791_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003772415705912791)
Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito was the longest-reigning monarch in Japan's history.
At the behest of two Cabinet members, the emperor summoned and presided over a special meeting of the Council and implored them to consider accepting the terms of the Potsdam Conference, which meant unconditional surrender. "It seems obvious that the nation is no longer able to wage war, and its ability to defend its own shores is doubtful."
The Council had been split over the surrender terms; half the members wanted assurances that the emperor would maintain his hereditary and traditional role in a postwar Japan as a blend of divinity/supreme ruler before surrender could be considered. But in light of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, Nagasaki on August 9, and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as well as the emperor's own request that the Council "bear the unbearable," it was agreed: Japan would surrender.
Tokyo released a message to its ambassadors in Switzerland and Sweden, which was then passed on to the Allies. The message formally accepted the Potsdam Declaration but included the proviso that "said Declaration does not comprise any demand which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as sovereign ruler."
http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/25853/2003753154594026849_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003753154594026849)
Emperor Hirohito photographed with Emperor Ronaldus Maximus and Empress Nancy in Tokyo
When the message reached Washington, President Truman, unwilling to inflict any more suffering on the Japanese people, especially on "all those kids," ordered a halt to atomic bombing, He also wanted to know whether the stipulation regarding "His Majesty" was a deal breaker.
Negotiations between Washington and Tokyo ensued. Meanwhile, savage fighting continued between Japan and the Soviet Union in Manchuria. The deal was finally done on Augsut 14th, which is considered to be the real "VJ Day"
http://aycu05.webshots.com/image/24004/2003737693912879108_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003737693912879108)
Japanese POW's on Guam reacting to the news on August 14th
Contrast the above with an American sailors' reaction...
http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/23285/2003742686967543104_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003742686967543104)
http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/23401/2003780277564472548_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003780277564472548)