The Japanese surrender was signed on the USS Missouri.
It was called the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
Japan signed the surrender document which officially ended World War 2
Officials from the German government signed the German Instrument of Surrender on May 7th, 1945.Officials from the Japanese government signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on September 2nd, 1945 .
The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and three days later another one on Nagasaki. On August 12 the Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced to his cabinet and war council his intent to surrender rather than see his country and people laid waste. After a failed coup attempt by elements of the Japanese army to prevent the surrender, the intent to surrender was announced to the world on August 14. On August 17 all hostilities ended when the Emperor of Japan broadcast his capitulation bringing the Pacific war to an end. The official surrender document (Instrument of Surrender) was signed by Japanese dignitaries on September 2, 1945 aboard the Battleship USS Missouri.
USS Missouri.
The Japanese surrender was signed on the USS Missouri.
General Uzame
The acceptance of surrender terms was announced on August 15, 1945. Japanese officials signed the actual surrender document on September 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
The Japanese signed the surrender documents on the USS Missouri.
The instrument of surrender was signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri on 02 September 1945.
USS Missouri .
The surrender papers were signed on September 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri as it was at anchor in Tokyo Bay.
It was called the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
Japan signed the surrender aboard the USS Missouri while it was at anchor in Tokyo Harbor, Tokyo, Japan.
USS Missouri (BB-63)
World War II was over September 2, 1945 when the Japanese government signed the surrender documents while aboard the battleship USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.