As Japan faced defeat after defeat in Pacific campaign, its navy became increasingly ineffective to put up a fight. By July end, 1945 Japan could not defend itself against an imminent Allied attack against mainland Japan. While Japan was looking for assistance from Soviet Union to arrange a surrender with more favorable terms for Japan, USA dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Soviet Union also in a very bizarre manner declared war on an already beleaguered Japan. These events forces Emperor Hirohito asked Japanese government to agree to allied terms of surrender set in Postdam declaration. Japanese surrender was announced on September 2, 1945.
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that enabled the Surrender of Japan, ending World War II.
The U.S. nuked Hiroshima, then Nagasaki which led to the surrender of Japan by then Emperor Hirohito.
It ended with the surrender of Japan.
In the surrender of Italy, germany, and japan
The instrument of surrender was signed on 02 September 1945.
to bring an end of WW2, but also to make japan surrender
2 September 1945, with the formal surrender of japan.
The Japanese fought to the end, preferring to kill themselves rather than surrender.
umm, the atomic bombs
Most people think so.
To force Japan to surrender and end the war.
The second atomic bomb was used on Nagasaki because Japan did not surrender after the first bomb on Hiroshima. The goal was to force Japan to surrender quickly and end World War II.