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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.

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Battles and events 1

September 2, 1945
Japanese Instrument of Surrender USS Missouri

Key commanders

Axis 3

Hirohito recorded the Gyokuon-hoso surrender broadcast Yoshijirō Umezu signatory, signed for the Japanese armed forces Mamoru Shigemitsu signatory, signed for the Japanese government

Allies 3

Chester W. Nimitz signatory, signed for the United States Douglas MacArthur signatory, accepted the surrender as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Kuzma Derevyanko signatory, signed for the Soviet Union