jul 26, 1945 - Joint Proclamation from Potsdam conferees urging Japanese surrender [“The Potsdam Declaration”]. “The might that now converges on Japan is immeasurably greater than that which, when applied to the resisting Nazis, necessarily laid waste to the lands, the industry and the method of life of the whole Germany people.”
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