[SamAdams76]

Official announcement or not, there was much to celebrate on the afternoon August 14, 1945. The two atomic bombs had been dropped and the Japanese mainland was being carpet-bombed by endless streams of B-29s with more atomic bombs to follow if the Japanese did not accept the surrender terms presented to them.

It was pretty obvious to everybody that the real fighting was finally over.

[ETL]

Official announcement or not, there was much to celebrate on the afternoon August 14, 1945. The two atomic bombs had been dropped and the Japanese mainland was being carpet-bombed by endless streams of B-29s with more atomic bombs to follow if the Japanese did not accept the surrender terms presented to them. It was pretty obvious to everybody that the real fighting was finally over.

Thanks. I was wondering about that.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Read the original article in Sky and Telescope. The announcement was anticipated, two a-bombs had been dropped on Japan in a week, and everyone knew an announcement was pending.

Joe Biden recalls it vividly. President Roosevelt rose from the grave, had his suit brushed off and got on the internet and posted the Japanese surrender terms on the White House site. Everyone in Times Square has his eyes on his iPhone in anticipation.