admiralt commander and halsey welcome them aboard. the admiral escorts general macarthur to the veranda. >> we are on the battleship missouri. it is also known as the veranda deck. this is where september 2, 45, the japanese signed their surrender of world war ii. the ship looked different. this was rotated in order to make more room. if you had looked around and above us that day, you have seen thousands of members of them misery crew hanging onto anything they could, trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. at 9:00 in the morning, when the ceremony was supposed to start, numbers of the japanese delegation were making their way on board. deck at 9:02 in the morning, general douglas and admiral halsey descended to start the ceremony. the next person would be part of the japanese military. this was general doug was macarthur himself. he signed as the allied commander. he did not represent the united states. following them is the rest of the allies that signed. the ussr, the netherlands each intern. there are two

commander and admiral halsey welcome mccarthy and his chief of staff aboard. the admiral escorts to the deck where the 20 minute ceremony to take place. it is sunday, september 2nd, 1945. ♪ >> right now we are on the o 1 level of the battle ship "missouri", but thanks to the events of september 2nd, 1945 we call this the surrender deck. this is where the japanese signed the surrender ending world war ii. this behind me here is where the table sat that day. the ship looked different. big difference the shady canopy overhead was not installed and the tourette behind me was rotated 30 degrees to starboard to make more room for all the officials that would be on board. if you looked around above us that day you would have seen thousands of the members of the "missouri" crew hanging on to anything they could trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. at 9:00 in the morning when the ceremony was supposed to start members of the japanese delegation were making their way on board. there were 11 and made their way up the ladder behind me and at

the fleet commander admiral nimitz and admiral halsey welcome them aboard. admiral nimitz escorts general macarthur to the veranda. it is august, 1945. right now, we are on the o-1 level of the battleship missouri also known as the veranda deck. this is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed their surrender of world war ii. this behind me is where the table sat that day. the ship looked different. this was rotated in order to make more room on this deck for all the officials. if you had looked around and above us that day, you have seen thousands of members of the missouri crew hanging onto anything they could, trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. at 9:00 in the morning, when the ceremony was supposed to start, members of the japanese delegation were making their way on board. on this deck at 9:02 in the morning, general douglas macarthur, admiral nimitz and , admiral halsey descended to start the ceremony. on first person would sign behalf of the japanese delegation. the next person would be part of the japanese military. t

you mentioned halsey and mentionedth of whom -- said the atomic bombs were not necessary to end the war. arsenals nuclear increases almost 30 fold. eisenhower says that at potsdam, stimson told him they were going to drop the bomb. not offer did anything because my work was over in europe. , and i told him i was against it on two counts. the japanese were ready to surrender, and i hated to be the first country to use such a weapon. macarthur says in an exchange with former hoover, who had urged truman to change cerner terms, and macarthur said that if truman followed hoover's advice, the japanese would have surrendered happily. p implies it would have been as early as may -- p implies it would have been early as may. we told him we have a horrible new weapon, the soviets are about to come into the war. we could have ended the war possibly a month or two earlier and saved more lives, american lives, japanese lives, chinese lives. on instead, we drop the bomb august 6 in order to prevent an invasion that is supposed to begin november 1, an invasion which many of the military leaders did n

the fleet commander and admiral halsey welcome them aboard. the admiral escorts general macarthur to the veranda. a 20 minute ceremony is to take place. it is september 2, 1945. ♪ >> we are on the battleship missouri. it is also known as the veranda deck. since then, it is called the surrender deck. this is where september 2, 1945, the japanese signed their surrender of world war ii. this is where the table sat that day. the ship looked different. the canopy was not installed. the territory's rotated to make more room for the officials that would be on board. if you looked around above us, you would have seen thousands of members of the crew, crews from other ships, hanging onto anything they could trying to , get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. at 9:00 in the morning, when the ceremony was supposed to start, members of the japanese delegation were making their way on board. there were 11 of them, they made their way up the ladder and on this deck at 9:02 in the morning, general douglas macarthur and admiral halsey descend

you mentioned mcarthur, what about nimitz and halsey? were they briefed on what was going to happen before those bombs were dropped? did they have knowledge of that? and finally -- >> thank you, go ahead, brian, finish up. >> you finally had an image of oppenheimer d he have a chance to talk to truman about what was going to go on if they dropped this bomb? >> thank you, brian, several different points there. when do you think the decision was made do you think, pete kuznick to drop that first bomb? >> the meeting on may 5th, 1943, they decided there that japan would be the target and not germany, which is, you know, the project began under the urging of the emigrate scientists who had fled from nazi occupied europe, and after the germans split the uranium atom in december of 1938, the physicists were very alarmed about the prospect of hitler developing an atomic bomb, and they went to einste einstein, and einstein got roosevelt's attention, and urged not to drop on japan but as a deterrent against the japanese bomb. the project really g

admiralnimitz and halsey welcome general macarthur and others aboard. they are escorted to the veranda deck, where a 20 have a minute ceremony is supposed to take place. this was 1945. ♪ >> right now, we are on the o-1 level of the missouri, also known as the veranda deck, and we now call it the surrender deck. this is where the japanese signed the unconditional surrender, ending world war ii. in fact, behind me is where it was signed. the ship looked different. the canopy overhead was not item behindnd the me was rotated in order to make more room. if you had looked around and above us that day, you have seen thousands of members of them -- of the crew and other ships hanging onto anything they , could, trying to get a glimpse of what was about to occur on this deck. at 9:00 in the morning, when the ceremony was supposed to start, members of the japanese delegation were making their way on board. they made their way behind me, macarthur andal admiral nimitz were there. and then signing on behalf of the japanese delegation. the next person signing was

he mentioned halsey and nimitz, most of whom were on record saying the atomic arms were not necessary to end the war. but even somebody like eisenhower, under eisenhower's presidency america's nuclear arsenal increases almost 30 fold. has 30 bombs, his budget cycle was finish any has a most 30,000 bombs. eisenhower says that stinson told him we were going to drop the bomb. eisenhower said, they told me they would drop it on the japanese. i did not volunteer anything so my war was over in europe and it was not up to me. he asked for my opinion so i told him, i was against it on two counts. first the japanese are ready to surrender and it was not necessary to hit them with that awful thing. i hated to see us using a horrible weapon. in the exchange with former president hoover, and had written to truman, urging him to change the surrender terms in may, mcarthur said that if truman had followed your wise advice, the japanese would have happily.ed, and and mcarthur implies that would have been as early as may. we told them if they could keep the emperor, which we let them do. we told them

he finds the war fighting leaders, like bull halsey, who was a handful, to operate with, but he also finds of kind of quiet warriors like admiral raymond spruen. he figures out how to tag team their qualities in commanding parts of the pacific fleet. he has would work with douglas macarthur, an enormous ego as essentially his army counterpart in the mass stiff pacific theater. he does everything right in terms of prosecuting that war. ... battleship, and signs on behalf of the united states the document of surrender with the japanese empire. it's a pretty remarkable swing. along the way he was, like many of his time, not respectful of women or their role. he was not respectful of people of color. he was, in that sense, a product of his tim >> people of color, he was a product ofes his times, he would not in my view say to ourselves, he washe this way in the 1940s, we will judge him by the standards of the 2020s, i don't think that is a valid test. but that is different than stonewall jackson taken up arms against the united states of america, killing thousands and thousands of union

the very best of the existing staffs, he reshapes them, he finds the war-fighting leaguers like bull halsey who was a handful to operate with, but he also finds the kind of quiet warriors like add miller raymond -- [inaudible] he figures out how to tag team their qualities in commanding parts of the pacific fleet. he has to work with douglas macarthur, an enormous ego, as essentially his army counterpart in the massive pacific theater. he does everything right in terms of prosecuting that war, and he sits on the deck of the missouri, the battleship, and signs on behalf of the united states the document of surrender with the japanese empire. it's a pretty remarkable swing. along the way he was, like many of his time, not respectful of women or their role. he was not respectful of people of color. he was, in that sense, a product of his times. he would not, in my view, be someone that we would say to ourselves, well, he was this way in the 1940s, we'll judge him by the standards of the 2020s. i don't think that's a valid test. but that's different than stonewall jackson taking up arms against