Video: 'The World at War: The Bomb: February-September 1945 (24 of 26)' (Aug. 13, 1945, at 47:51)

(Monday, August 13, 1945; during World War II) — At the suggestion of American psychological operations experts, American B-29s spent today dropping leaflets over Japan, describing the Japanese offer of surrender and the Allied response, raising concerns of of the possibility of a military coup.