Potsdam Declaration

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World War II document diplomatic declaration ultimatum

The Potsdam Declaration was a 1945 statement by the Allied powers demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and outlining the terms for ending World War II in the Pacific.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Potsdam Declaration (context of Japanese surrender)	1
Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II document ⓘ diplomatic declaration ⓘ ultimatum ⓘ
addressedTo	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Japanese armed forces ⓘ Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese government
alsoKnownAs	Potsdam Declaration ⓘ surface form: Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender
context	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
date	1945-07-26 ⓘ
demands	disarmament of Japanese military forces ⓘ elimination of Japanese militarism ⓘ occupation of Japan by Allied forces ⓘ unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces ⓘ
followedBy	Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
hasClause	clause calling for removal of obstacles to democratic tendencies in Japan ⓘ clause promising eventual restoration of Japanese sovereignty under a peaceful government ⓘ clause requiring disarmament of Japanese military forces ⓘ
influenced	Japanese postwar constitution ⓘ postwar occupation of Japan ⓘ
issuedBy	China ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
location	Potsdam ⓘ
offers	assurance that Japan would not be enslaved as a nation ⓘ eventual withdrawal of Allied occupation forces once objectives were achieved ⓘ opportunity for Japan to develop a peaceful and responsible government ⓘ
precedes	atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
purpose	to demand Japan’s unconditional surrender ⓘ to outline terms for ending World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
rejectedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese government (initially)
relatedTo	Cairo Declaration ⓘ Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ Potsdam Conference ⓘ Yalta Conference ⓘ
signedBy	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ Clement Attlee ⓘ President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman Winston Churchill ⓘ
statedThat	Japanese industry would be controlled to prevent rearmament ⓘ Japanese sovereignty would be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and minor islands as determined by the Allies ⓘ Japanese war criminals would be brought to justice ⓘ democratic tendencies in Japan would be strengthened ⓘ freedom of speech, religion and thought would be established in Japan ⓘ
threatens	prompt and utter destruction if Japan did not surrender ⓘ
year	1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Potsdam Declaration → alsoKnownAs → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender

Far Eastern Commission → basedOn → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Cairo Declaration → followedBy → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

atomic bombing of Nagasaki → hasPrecededBy → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Potsdam Conference → issuedDocument → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Allied occupation of Japan → legalBasis → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → legalBasis → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → legalBasis → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Formosa → postWorldWarIIStatusAddressedIn → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Japanese Instrument of Surrender → precededBy → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Pescadores Islands → referencedIn → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Potsdam Conference → resultedIn → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → treatyOrAgreement → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → treatyOrAgreement → Potsdam Declaration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Potsdam Declaration (context of Japanese surrender)