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WWII Research and Symposium Assignment NMNF
 * Unconditional Surrender **


 * 1) Most of Germany and Japan's militaries were over from unconditional surrender. Unconditional surrender was where militaries gave up fighting without any conditions. Most of the unconditional surrender was demanded by the axis powers in World War II.
 * 2) With Germany and Japan's militaries unconditionally surrendering, Theodore Roosevelt and William Churchill thought it was the only way for peace between the countries.
 * 3) Germany was not warned with what was going on at war. So, the Soviets fought down their way towards Germany, so Germany would be forced to surrender.
 * 4) On April 30, 1945 Hitler killed his wife then committed suicide leaving the country without a leader. On May 2, 1945, as the Soviets attacked around Berlin, it was bombed by the allied forces where Germany was then left to unconditionally surrender.
 * 5) As soon as the allied forces made Germany surrender, they now wanted Japan to unconditionally surrender. The allies didn't want to invade Japan, they wanted to do more by making them lose more of their population in Japan's biggest cities. By decreasing most of Japan's population, allies were able to gain more money.
 * 6) Japan was forced to surrender by the United States, but Japan refused. They did not want to give in so they kept on fighting.
 * 7) Later on as the Japanese Empire dismissed the United States' orders, the U.S began to make their plan on the attack on Japan. The United States used atomic bombs and dropped them on one of Japan's largest cities. The atomic bombs destroyed a high number of people in Japan, but they still would not surrender.
 * 8) The United States bombed once more on Japan and the Japanese Empire finally surrendered having 1,926,500 soldiers killed and 393,000 civilians killed. The number of casualties rose to a high amount and Japan's emperor finally gave in. Many of the casualties could have been avoided if an unconditional surrender was not required.
 * 9) News of the surrender broke on May 8th and celebrations erupted throughout Europe. Americans declared May 8th to VE day or Victory in Europe Day. It represents the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
 * 10) The surrender of Japan was held on September 2, 1945 aboard the U.S battleship Missouri, at which officials from the Japanese government signed the unconditional surrender ending WWII. Allied civilians and servicemen celebrated VJ or Victory over Japan Day.

In 1945, before the bomb was used, the top officials who led the Manhattan Project told U.S. president Harry S. Truman: “The world in its present state of moral advancement compared with its technical development would be eventually at the mercy of such a weapon. In other words, modern civilization might be completely destroyed.”[1] This quote was said right before the atomic bomb attack on Japan. Since the Japanese Emperor, Hirohito, refused to surrender, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan's largest cities leaving Japan destroyed.
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In this picture, it shows Japan getting bombed for the second time by the United States since Hirohito did not surrender after the first attack. The city of Nagasaki was left destroyed killing and injuring hundreds of thousands of people. This city was one of Japan's largest and most important cities, left as a disaster. The next couple of days after the second atomic bombing, Japan finally surrendered unconditionally and gave the United States what they wanted.

"We are so glad the war is over; sometimes we are surprised we are still living, what with the bombing, the shells, the V bombs and planes that fell down around here"

This quote was said by German officals after they surrendered of being in war for 6 whole years. It represents the relief Germany has on war being over. Many of the people are surprised that they have made it through all of the rough times during World War II. After Germany surrendered, VE day was formed as a day of victory. The victory was spread throughout the whole western world where everyone was excited along all the streets cheering and crying for joy.