Japan accepts Potsdam terms, agrees to unconditional surrender. On August 10, 1945, just a day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan submits its acquiescence to the
Why did Japan surrender unconditionally?
Japan surrendered because the Soviet Union entered the war. Japanese leaders said the bomb forced them to surrender because it was less embarrassing to say they had been defeated by a miracle weapon. Americans wanted to believe it, and the myth of nuclear weapons was born. Look at the facts.
Was Japanese surrender unconditional?
2, 1945, when Japan's official defeat was staged on the USS Missouri. The document signed by the representatives of the Allied Powers and Japan declared the unconditional surrender of the Imperial General Headquarters and all the armed forces under Japanese control.
