Show COMPLETE VICTORY japs agree to AR all terms of potsdam declaration macarthur G gets ets high post by AL JEDLICKA forty years after its armies marched into korea to est establish ablis h a foothold on the asiatic mainland japans course of imperial end the evening of august 14 conquest come to a dramatic on 0 n with the unqualified acceptance of the potsdam declaration sub 1 inscribed ascribed to by the U S britain china and russia announced to an anxious nation by president harry S truman the jap surrender came three years eight months and one week after the attack on pearl harbor with the allied powers consenting to his retention on the throne to assure the surrender of japanese armies scattered throughout asia and the submission of the homeland to the stiff terms imposed emperor hirohito ordered the nation to lay down its arms as the tokyo radio reported thousands of downcast subjects bowed in grief before the gates of the imperial palace having led american ground forces back over the vast tracts of the pacific to the doorstep door of japan following the crippling blow at pearl harbor general macarthur was designated to accept the nipponese surrender along with representatives of the other allied nations coming four days after to ayos first offer to give up the fight provided the emperors sovereignty were respected and three months after VE V E day japans surrender was greeted with wild enthusiasm throughout the U S which joyously celebrated the end of the most destructive and costly war in in history without waiting for president harry S Tr official V VJ J day proclamation in accepting the allied terms japan agreed to the total reduction of its once proud empire with hope for the future based upon the organization of a free democracy within the home islands of honshu kyushu hokkaido Hok kaido and seikoku Shi koku under the potsdam ultimatum japan must eliminate the influence of those elements which have encouraged cou raged conquest give up manchuria korea and other overseas acquisitions disarm all armed forces permit the revival of democracy and freedom of speech religion and thought and submit to allied occupation of designated points in the homeland until postwar security has hi as been established at the same time japan was promised an opportunity for orderly development once a peaceful government had been created with retention of such industries as would maintain its internal economy and eventual access to raw materials and world trade the war ended just as the atomic bomb threatened the obliteration of japans sprawling industrial settlements with hiroshima and nagasaki saki i already badly mangled mangle d by the terrific blasts packing an explosive fo force ace times greater than TNT t the he atomic X ar I 1 A V gen douglas macarthur accepts surrender bombs destructive capacity so tar far exceeded that of ordinary missiles that it brought a quick reaction from a government that had planned continuation of the conflict from underground bastions despite increasing B 29 attacks besides threatening to lay japan waste the atomic bomb also was credited with blowing russia into the conflict thus bringing the total allied ablie d weight to bear against the nipponese in all these two events served to climax the growing tern tem PO poof 01 the allied drive in the pacific which saw U S forces virtually sitting on japans doorstep at the cessation of hostilities with the navy and air force car crying the fight to th the enemy and anc with army and marine troops slashing h forward in island to island an d fighting the war in the pa pacific CIL C rates as one of the blo bloodiest bloodies odies t in in history from the very beginning the U S encountered a bitter and fanatical foe ardent and well disciplined willing to fight to the last cartridge even when completely enveloped all through the war the toll of jap killed far surpassed the number captured indicating the nature of their defense because of the close teamwork required qu ired in the overall over all operations it would be difficult to single out one outstanding hero though general macarthu macarthurs Mac Arthurs rs fiery stand against the enemy enemy in the early stages of the conflict and his later redemption of lost territories made him the symbol of the american spirit beside the name of macarthur must be added those of admiral nimitz who nho directed U S naval operations in the vast pacific the theater a and general le may whose B seriously reduced japans in Z wag gf X 4 I 1 K I 1 I 1 pk 14 N emperor hirohito surrenders to allies dust du rial potential in repeated heavy raids recovering quickly from the black days immediately after pearl harbor when the nipponese overran much of the pacific the U S checked the enemy tide in the th e spring aprin sprin 9 of 1942 when the american america n fleet stopped the japs southeastward drive in the battle of the coral sea and then thwarted their eastward surge at midway from then on the U S building bunding up tremendous military and material strength under a unified front at home was on the march with the japanese seeking time to consolidate their newly won position as the overruling asiatic power by bitter delaying action in their outposts with the navy severing vital ja japanese pa supply lines to these outposts and with the ground forces isolating enemy emy units into disorganized resistance pockets on invaded invaded islands the american advance in the pacific far exceeded expect expectations expectaci ati ons with the end of the european war finding U S sea land and air forces perched perched right on Nip pons doorstep though the main body of ja japanese pa troops had not been touched by the steady U S advances westward the american navys mastery of the sea lanes as far as the chinese coast interrupted the shipment of vital material to the home islands for I 1 in industrial du processing and the B 2 as terrific bombardment of manufacturing centers greatly curtailed output with deliveries of mater materials I 1 als cut and output dwindling the effectiveness effect ivene ss of an estimated remaining enemy troops stood to be severely limited on top of it all dussias Rus sias invasion of manchuria and threat to jap held china promised to tap the only remaining important enemy indus trial source outside the homeland |