emperor hirohito accepted the surrender of japan in 1945.
emperor hirohito accepted the surrender of japan in 1945.
who accepted the surrender of japan in 1945?
emperor hirohito
on august 6, 1945, at 8:15 am local time, the united states detonated an atomic bomb over the japanese city of hiroshima. sixteen hours later, american president harry s. truman called again for japan's surrender, warning them to "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." late in the evening of august 8, 1945, in accordance with the yalta agreements, but in violation of the soviet–japanese neutrality pact, the soviet union declared war on japan, and soon after midnight on august 9, 1945, the soviet union invaded the imperial japanese puppet state of manchukuo. hours later, the united states dropped a second atomic bomb, this time on the japanese city of nagasaki. following these events, emperor hirohito intervened and ordered the supreme council for the direction of the war to accept the terms the allies had set down in the potsdam declaration for ending the war. after several more days of behind-the-scenes negotiations and a failed "coup d'état", emperor hirohito gave a recorded radio address across the empire on august 15. in the radio address, called the , he announced the surrender of japan to the allies.
surrender of japan
[[file:1947 at [[hirohito]] [[surrender of japan|announced the surrender]] of the [[empire of japan]] to the [[allies of world war ii|allied powers]] on 15 august 1945. [[general order no. 1]] for the surrender of japan (prepared by the joint chiefs of staff of u.s. military forces and approved on 17 august 1945) prescribed separate surrender procedures for japanese forces in korea north and south of the 38th parallel. after [[japan]]'s surrender to the allies (formalised on 2 september 1945), division at the [[38th parallel north|38th parallel]] marked the beginning of soviet and u.s. occupation the north and south, respectively. this division was meant to be temporary, to be replaced by a trusteeship of the united states, [[united kingdom]], [[soviet union]], and [[republic of china (1912–1949)|republic of china]] which would prepare for korean independence. the trusteeship had been discussed at the [[yalta conference]] in february 1945. u.s. forces landed at [[incheon]] on september 8, 1945 and established a military government shortly thereafter. lt. general [[john r. hodge]], their commander, took charge of the government. faced with mounting popular discontent, in october 1945 hodge established the korean advisory council. the [[provisional government of the republic of korea]], which had operated from china, sent a delegation with three interpreters to hodge, but he refused to meet with them. likewise, hodge refused to recognize the newly formed [[people's republic of korea]] and its people's committees, and outlawed it on 12 december. a year later, an interim legislature and interim government were established, headed by [[kim kyu-shik]] and [[syngman rhee]] respectively. political and economic chaos - arising from a variety of causes - plagued the country in this period. the after-effects of the japanese exploitation remained in the south, as in the north. in addition, the u.s. military was largely unprepared for the challenge of administering the country, arriving with no knowledge of the language, culture or political situation. thus many of their policies had unintended destabilizing effects. waves of refugees from north korea and returnees from abroad added to the turmoil.
history of south korea