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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Was Japan was the first country to surrender in World War II?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well

OpenStudy (paki):

what u say...?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No...?

OpenStudy (paki):

"The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Japan on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. While publicly stating their intent to fight on to the bitter end, Japan's leaders, (the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War, also known as the "Big Six"), were privately making entreaties to the neutral Soviet Union to mediate peace on terms more favorable to the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Soviets were preparing to attack Japanese forces in Manchuria and Korea in fulfillment of promises they had secretly made to the United States and the United Kingdom at the Tehran and Yalta Conferences."

OpenStudy (paki):

have a look here... http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=13

OpenStudy (anonymous):

one reason why is because we dropped firebombs to reduce their people to have a chance to fight and they didnt stop fighting...so we dropped one atomic bomb to see if it did anything and it did nothing...the second bomb we dropped cause them to surrender due to the lack of troops to help fight in the homeland

OpenStudy (anonymous):

japan was not the first to surrender? I thought it was Italy?

OpenStudy (paki):

japan was in the last...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

italy switched side because germany exectued some of their high ranking officers at the time'

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that exactly what i thought @fierstar123

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Italy changed sides halfway through the war

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I was gonna say, I know my world war II and japan was not the first. XD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ik mine too

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i have 8 members in my family who served in it and know everything about it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im new at ww2 stuff

OpenStudy (anonymous):

#Lost

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I just like history. <3 Historian love.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

italy surrendered first...thats one answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So did japan surrender first mate?

OpenStudy (paki):

nope

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Not at all.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

They were the last actually.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok lol just had to clear that up

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks mates

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I love World War Two Talk.

OpenStudy (paki):

pleasure...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep np

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh really @firestar123

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Mhm.

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