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DP History Research Resources

Journal Articles

Japan’s Decision to Surrender
Roosevelt, Truman, and the Atomic Bomb, 1941-1945: A Reinterpretation
Japan Surrenders: Reason and Unreason in August 1945
An excellent quote at the beginning of this 2 page excerpt, which could be used to demonstrate that a segment of the Japanese population still thought they could win after the dropping of the bombs.
AVOIDING AN INVASION AND DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB: THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF WAR TERMINATION IN THE PACIFIC WAR

How to Use the Site Operator to Search a Website (such as NASA)

Using the site operator in google you can search the contents of one specific website for information. For this topic try the following:

[site:armywarcollege.edu reason Japanese surrender]