The Potsdam declaration occurred during the final stages of the Pacific War. In its content, the United States, Great Britain and China outlined the specific terms calling for the unconditional surrender of Japan. The terms also included the agreement of Japan to allow foreign troops to occupy their country, renounce its claims to territories on the Asian mainland (including Taiwan), its leaders and soldiers would be tried for war crimes, its citizens were to choose their own form of government, and lastly, if Japan refused, then the entire country would risk facing “prompt and utter
