The Japanese surrender (26 July 1945 - 02 Sept 1945)

Everything have finally come to an end of this World War II where the Japanese had surrendered. Peace at last. Hearing from all the information provided by the news, it took some time for the Japanese to surrender. What have happened was that before the surrender, the United States, Great Britian, and the Soviet Union, announced the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1954. It demanded an immediate and unconditional Japanese surrender. The alternative to the unconditional surrender was complete destruction. The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union all thought that it was a suitable condition for what the Japanese had done. One major question that had to be answered before the Japanese would agree to surrender was whether the Japanese emperor would be allowed to keep his throne. To the Japanese people, Emperor Hirohito was more than just the Emperor, he was a god. When he became Emperor, he said that his motto was enlightened peace, but World War II was anything but enlightened peace. The Allies answered that the Japanese surrender would have no conditions, period. They would not agree to let the Japanese emperor keep his throne, so the Japanese refused to surrender. 
This is where the atomic bombs was invented by the United States and was tested before the bombing.

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. 

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Over 92,000 Japanese were killed. President then called on the Japanese government to surrender. The Japanese refused. Due to the refusal of the surrender, the United States dropped an even larger bomb over the city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.Over 40,000 more Japanese were killed. Fewer people died during the use of the bomb on Nagasaki than

 Hiroshima because Hiroshima was a more populated city.

The Japanese government couldn’t decide on what to do. Some people wanted to surrender immediately, but some people were worried that if they surrendered, the emperor’s throne would be at stake. It was actually the emperor who did the announcing. On August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced that the nation was surrendering.

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On September 2, 1945, on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri, the surrender documents were signed. World War II was finally over. After Emperor Hirohito announced that the Japanese were surrendering, he convinced the Japanese that he was not a god.

After hearing all this news, about how and when did the Japanese surrendered, I felt a strong sense do relief, but it is also heart-wrenching that many people have to suffer from this war.... It's painful to hear this news about the bombing and it does makes me want to help out Japan which is now on this state. I feel the sense of remorse and guiltless for leaving Singapore. I return as I'm not immigrate to the other peaceful country during the Japanese took over Singapore. I felt this strong sense of agony in me too as my family and relative died in this war, after coming back to Singapore. I'm extremely lucky. But what I saw is nothing but a ruined world at first. Now I'm worrying about my future as my family became by poor. I guess it's late and time to sleep. I shall rest now...

Rachel

04 September 1945

Book reference:

Ministry of Education, Singapore. (2007). Singapore From Settlement To Nation Pre-1819 to 1971. Published by EPB Pan Pacific

Website citation:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?client=mv-google&v=NF4LQaWJRDg&rdm=mi83792hn
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/japan_surrenders.htm