jul 28, 1945 - Refusal of the Potsdam Conference treaty
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The Japanese government officially refuses the Potsdam Declaration because they do not want to surrender.Image 1: Potsdam Conference session including Clement Attlee, Ernest Bevin, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Joseph Stalin (white uniform), William D. Leahy, Joseph E. Davies, James F. Byrnes, and Harry S. Truman (right)
Image 2: Original mimeographed period copy of the mechanically printed document, the Potsdam Proclamation, signed by President Harry Truman with Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek’s
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Date:
jul 28, 1945
Now
~ 79 years ago