Japan's Surrender Plea Sat in Moscow for Three Days
20th Century

Japan's Surrender Plea Sat in Moscow for Three Days

Japan's surrender message sat undelivered in a Moscow telegraph office for three crucial days while Stalin's armies raced across Manchuria.

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World War IISoviet UnionJapanPacific TheaterDiplomacyManchuriaStalinEmperor HirohitoBureaucracyCold WarKuril IslandsTelegraph

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