Instrument of surrender.
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of World War II. The signing took place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[United States?] :
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[between 1945 and 1999?]
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| Summary: | The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of World War II. The signing took place on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945. |
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| Item Description: | Caption title. "Signed at Tokyo Bay, Japan at 09:04 on the second day of September, 1945 ... accepted at Tokyo Bay, Japan at 09:08 on the second day of September, 1945, for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at war with Japan". Allied copy, signed by: Mamoru Shigemitsu, by Command and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government; by YoshijirÅ Umezu, by Command and in behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters; by Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers; C.W. Nimitz, United States Representative; Hsu Yung-chang, Republic of China Representative; Bruce Fraser, United Kingdom Representative; Kuzma Derevyanko, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Representative; Thomas Blamey, Commonwealth of Australia Representative; Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Dominion of Canada Representative; Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Provisional Government of the French Republic Representative; C.E.L. Helfrich, Kingdom of the Netherlands Representative; Leonard M. Isitt, Dominion of New Zealand Representative. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sheet ; 46 x 56 cm |