Reassessing crisis for Japanese surrender in WWII : propaganda leaflets, atomic bombs and soviet entry

• Main Author: Tan, Alson Yun Hao
• Other Authors: Lisa Onaga
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66265
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This FYP focuses on the use of Allied propaganda leaflets in World War II as a lens to understand what compelled Japan to accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. By evaluating the leaflets as primary sources, it can be deduced that the Allied propaganda offices had invested huge amount of resou...