Finally, on August 14, the Japanese formally accepted the provisions of the Potsdam declaration, and a "cease fire" was announced. On September 2, Japanese envoys signed the instrument of surrender aboard the US battleship Missouri in Tokyo
2. In what ways had Japan shown that it was ready to accept defeat? When Japan realized that they could suffer defeat, they established new government to end the war.
6. How did President Harry Truman try to defend his decision to drop the atomic bomb? President Truman defended his decision for using atomic bomb on people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, he misleaded Americans by stating that