The notes were dictated by the emperor and written down by an aide A memoir by former Japanese Emperor Hirohito about World ... slide into war until Japan's surrender in August 1945.
If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side ... and while he avoided using the word "surrender," his meaning was clear.
15, 1945, to announce the nation’s surrender in World War II ... voice through static as he delivered the speech with a unique intonation. Hirohito, known posthumously as Emperor Showa, died ...