The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler."
The US press correctly and immediately interpreted this as an offer to surrender, albeit with a condition.
A Japanese protest against the use of the Atomic Bomb, delivered through neutral Switzerland, was delivered to the United States.
The US and Royal Navy bombarded Kamaishi from the sea.
The U.S. Air Force hit targets on Honshu.
The Red Army had already advanced 120 miles into Manchuria.
The Chinese Civil War resumed with the beginning of the Opening Campaign by the Nationalist Chinese.
The resumption of the civil war was inevitable. The outcome, however, wouldn't have been predicated the way it came out at all. The Red Chinese had never done particularly well in combat against the Nationalist, and oddly enough their material support from the Soviet Union had been thin. The Nationalist were now well equipped due to US support during World War Two.
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