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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States gave Japan a warning and a deadline to surrender before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, though not with an explicit mention of the atomic bomb itself.
Key Warning: The Potsdam Declaration (July 26, 1945)
- The Potsdam Declaration was issued by the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.
- It called for Japan’s unconditional surrender, warning of “prompt and utter destruction” if they refused.
- It did not mention the atomic bomb specifically, as the weapon had not yet been used publicly and was still secret.
- Japan was given an ultimatum, though no exact deadline date was specified.
- Japan’s government rejected the ultimatum (or more accurately, chose to ignore it, which was interpreted as rejection by the Allies).
What happened next:
- On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
- On August 8, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.
- On August 9, the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
- Japan announced its intention to surrender on August 15, 1945, leading to the formal surrender on September 2, 1945.
Summary:
The U.S. did issue a surrender ultimatum (Potsdam Declaration) before the bombings, but did not reveal that an atomic bomb would be used. The warning was serious but vague about the nature of the coming destruction.
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Writing about Emoto’s ideas in the Skeptical Inquirer, physician Harriet A. Hall concluded that it was “hard to see how anyone could mistake it for science”. In 2003, James Randi published an invitation on his website, offering Emoto to take the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, in which Emoto could have received US$1,000,000 if he had been able to reproduce the experiment under test conditions agreed to by both parties. Randi did not receive a response.”