As recounted in the most recent @HardcoreHistory some of the Japanese did no surrender for decades.
August 13, 1945 – (Overnight) Seven B-29 Superfortresses drop 5 million leaflets over Tokyo, providing the Japanese population for 1st time w/ news that Japan had accepted the Potsdam Declaration & was negotiating for peace. #WWII @usairforce #JimmyDoolittle
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The B29 was an amazing technical achievement for its time. More costly to develop than the atom bomb or so I read.
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