1. Imperial Palace bomb-shelter night

    · Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

    Imperial Palace bomb-shelter night
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    On the night before the surrender broadcast, Hirohito remained in an underground bomb shelter at the Imperial Palace while a coup attempt unfolded. The quoted passage concerns the evening of 14 August 1945, before the 15 August radio broadcast.

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