Martin Antonenko
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Japan surrenders!
On September 2, 1945, the Japanese delegation, Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru (on behalf of and representative of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government), and the Commander of the Kantō Army, General Umezu Yoshijirō (commissioned and for the Imperial-Japanese General Headquarters). .:
... aboard the USS "Missouri" battleship in the Bay of Tokyo before the Allied commander-in-chief General Douglas MacArthur and the military commanders of the allied powers ...
... at point 9 o'clock the document of unconditional surrender ...:
The text of the document is, inter alia:
"We hereby accept, by order and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government, and the Japanese Imperial Headquarters, the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration, and all orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and other representatives of the Allied Forces are followed and carried out with all measures. "
Thus, the Second World War is formally ended - even if isolated Japanese soldiers are still fighting in remote areas, one even more than 30 years ...
On September 2, 1945, the Japanese delegation, Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru (on behalf of and representative of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government), and the Commander of the Kantō Army, General Umezu Yoshijirō (commissioned and for the Imperial-Japanese General Headquarters). .:
... aboard the USS "Missouri" battleship in the Bay of Tokyo before the Allied commander-in-chief General Douglas MacArthur and the military commanders of the allied powers ...
... at point 9 o'clock the document of unconditional surrender ...:
The text of the document is, inter alia:
"We hereby accept, by order and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government, and the Japanese Imperial Headquarters, the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration, and all orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and other representatives of the Allied Forces are followed and carried out with all measures. "
Thus, the Second World War is formally ended - even if isolated Japanese soldiers are still fighting in remote areas, one even more than 30 years ...
