A declaration, issued by Allied leaders on July 26, 1945, called on Japan to surrender; if it did, was promised a peaceful government according to the freely expressed will of the Japanese people. If it did not, it would face prompt and utter destruction.

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A declaration, issued by Allied leaders on July 26, 1945, called on Japan to surrender; if it did, was promised a peaceful government according to “the freely expressed will of the Japanese people.” If it did not, it would face “prompt and utter destruction.”

A	Berlin Declaration
B	Postdam Declaration
C	United Nation Declaration
D	Declaration of Independence

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -We-the President of the United States, the President of the National Government of the Republic of China, and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, representing the hundreds of millions of our countrymen, have conferred and agree that Japan shall be given an opportunity to end this war.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon, the atomic bomb, which forced the Japanese into a surrender that they had vowed never to accept. Harry Truman would go on to officially name September 2, 1945, V-J Day, the day the Japanese signed the official surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Potsdam Declaration was issued on July 26, 1945 by U.S. President Harry Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China, who were meeting in Potsdam, Germany to consider war strategy and post-war policy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Potsdam Conference, 1945. The Big Three-Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman-met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.

Detailed explanation-5: -Japan publicly rejected the Potsdam Declaration, and on July 25, 1945, President Harry S. Truman gave the order to commence atomic attacks on Japan as soon as possible.

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