President Announces: Pacific War Ends; [Japanese] Accept Allied Terms
- 1945-Aug-14
Front page of The Knoxville News - Sentinel with the headline "President Announces: Pacific War Ends; Japs Accept Allied Terms. MacArthur is Top Commander". Published on August 14, 1945 the newspaper has announces that Japan has surrendered to the Allies. Notably, racist ethnic slurs are used to refer to the Japanese in the headline and featured articles. The use of these words reflects the heightened anti-Japanese sentiments that were fueled by World War II.
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“President Announces: Pacific War Ends; [Japanese] Accept Allied Terms.” The Knoxville News Sentinel, August 14, 1945. Papers of Spofford Grady English, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/det5bdy.
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