World history/WHME103/WWII impact/Japanese surrender

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• Why were Japanese soldiers so reluctant to surrender?

• What was the impact of the war on Japan?

David Powers, 'Japan: No Surrender in World War Two', BBC History, 17 February 2011.

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