Germany surrendered on May 7, , but Allied leaders did not meet until July to decide how to handle the transition to peace. Germany was also required to disarm completely. Meanwhile, the war in the Pacific continued. On July 16, , a day before the Potsdam conference began, President Truman received word that the United States had successfully detonated an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert.
The Potsdam Declaration also outlined what continuing the war — or, alternatively, what peace — would mean for Japan.
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