In Manila, residents sang " God Bless America". In Chungking, Chinese fired firecrackers and "almost buried in gratitude". While "Russians and foreigners alike could hardly talk about anything else", the Soviet government refused to make any statements on the bombs' implication for politics or science. Moscow newspapers briefly reported on the atomic bombings with no commentary of any kind. Germans stated that the Japanese were wise enough to-unlike themselves-give up in a hopeless situation, and were grateful that the atomic bomb was not ready in time to be used against them. American soldiers in occupied Berlin shouted "It's over in the Pacific", and hoped that they would now not be transferred there to fight the Japanese. Americans and Frenchmen in Paris paraded on the Champs-Élysées singing " Don't Fence Me In". Allied soldiers in London danced in a conga line on Regent Street. The news of the Japanese offer began early celebrations around the world. The Japanese government on August 10 communicated its intention to surrender under the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. On August 9, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the Allies dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.
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