Surrender of Japan
September 2, 1945
End of the Second World War in Asia. Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration on 15 August 1945, after the atomic bombings and the Soviet declaration of war, and the formal surrender was signed aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September.
Key people
Hirohito
recorded the Gyokuon-hoso surrender broadcast · Axis
Chester W. Nimitz
signatory, signed for the United States · Allies
Yoshijirō Umezu
signatory, signed for the Japanese armed forces · Axis
Douglas MacArthur
signatory, accepted the surrender as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers · Allies
Kuzma Derevyanko
signatory, signed for the Soviet Union · Allies
Mamoru Shigemitsu
signatory, signed for the Japanese government · Axis
Participants
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Japan
Axis
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United States
Allies
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Soviet Union
Allies
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United Kingdom
Allies
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Republic of China
Allies
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France
Allies
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Australia
Allies
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Canada
Allies
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Netherlands
Allies
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New Zealand
Allies
Battles and events 1
- Japanese Instrument of Surrender September 2, 1945
Before and after
- Followed from
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6–9, 1945
