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US Occupation of Japan
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Aug 14, 2012
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Podcast episode
Description
For six years following the end of World War II in August 1945, Japan was occupied by the US.
Akira Iriye was ten years old at the time and vividly remembers the surrender of his country to the Allied forces and the arrival of the first American GIs in Tokyo.
(Photo: US President Harry S Truman holds up the official Japanese document of surrender with Emperor Hirohito's signature - Sept 1945. Getty Images)
Akira Iriye was ten years old at the time and vividly remembers the surrender of his country to the Allied forces and the arrival of the first American GIs in Tokyo.
(Photo: US President Harry S Truman holds up the official Japanese document of surrender with Emperor Hirohito's signature - Sept 1945. Getty Images)
Released:
Aug 14, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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