Video: 'The World at War: The Bomb: February-September 1945 (24 of 26)' (Aug. 15, 1945, at 48:53)

(Wednesday, August 15, 1945, 1:00-8:00 a.m. JST; during World War II) — A group of Japanese junior officers invaded the Tokyo Imperial Palace this morning and tried to seize the recording of the emperor’s surrender message, but could not find it.