USA HISTORY

World War II ended with an unconditional surrender; the emperor of Japan accepted Allied rule and General Douglas MacArthur was named supreme commander. Which event resulted in the actions on this list?

(A) bombing civilian targets in London

(B) sending bombers against Berlin

(C) ** using an atomic bomb in Hiroshima

(D) dropping incendiary bombs on Dresden

Concept note-1: -The role of the atomic bombings in Japan’s unconditional surrender, and the ethics of the two attacks, is still debated. The state of war formally ended when the Treaty of San Francisco came into force on 28 April 1952.

Concept note-2: -That morning, on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed their names on the Instrument of Surrender. The time was recorded as 4 minutes past 9 o’clock.

Concept note-3: -An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. It is often demanded with the threat of complete destruction, extermination or annihilation.

Concept note-4: -Emperor Hirohito of Japan died of cancer at the age of 87 on January 7, 1989. He was once worshipped as a god incarnate. After World War II, he renounced his divinity and became the symbol of both the state and the unity of the people.