The current Administration can’t even fight a “JV Team”.
Via IBT
Seventy years ago, the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allies brought an end to six years of conflict. Although the Second World War officially ended on 2 September 1945, 15 August – when Japan announced it had accepted the Allied surrender terms – is known as VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day.
On the afternoon of 14 August 1945, a nationwide broadcast aired by President Truman announced Emperor Hirohito had agreed to the Potsdam Declaration, which demanded the surrender of all Japanese forces. Since the European Axis powers had surrendered three months earlier, it meant the official end of the war – although the formal signing of the document would occur weeks later in September. It was announced that VJ Day would be celebrated on 15 August.
Events leading up to VJ Day
The Potsdam Declaration, issued by Allied leaders on 26 July 1945, called for Japan to surrender, threatening an ultimatum of “prompt and utter destruction” if the nation did not. Japan refused and on 6 August, an American B-29 bomber released an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. It exploded with the energy of 15 kilotons of TNT, releasing a fireball that consumed the city.
Three days later, the US released a second, larger atomic bomb, Fat Man, over Nagasaki. Up to 200,000 lives were estimated to have been lost in the two attacks, the first and only times nuclear weapons had been used in war. The next day, the Japanese government issued a statement accepting the declaration.
Celebrations
As word spread, the celebrations began. In New York, a news ticker at One Times Square read: “*** OFFICIAL TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPANESE SURRENDER ***” – flanked with six asterisks to represent the branches of the US armed forces. People took to the street to sing, dance and express their relief that the long conflict was over.
HT: Indy1826