The Japanese formally surrendered on September 2, 1945. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the two atomic bombing that brought Japan to its knees immediately.
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki some Japanese military leaders wanted to continue the war. However, in mid-August the Army Air Corps sent a bombing raid of over 140 B-29s that passed by Tokyo.
What frightened the Japanese was the prospect that each plane might have carried an atomic bomb even though we had used our only two bombs. That convinced them to surrender.
In World War II, the Japanese agreed to surrender on August 14-15, 1945, but the official signing of the agreement was on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
September 2, 1945
the US didn't surrender....
In the US, WW II began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and ended with the Japanese surrender in 1945. It was a quick, four year war. Subsequent wars have been much longer in duration.
During WW II Japan was an empire ruled by an emperor, and was therefore known as Imperial Japan. Sometimes the term Nippon is used instead of Japan. The people of Japan were still known as the Japanese, even during WW II.
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we won.It ended with the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. some people celebrate what is known as Victory in Japan or VJ Day. Aug 14
General Douglas MacArthur
the US didn't surrender....
Victory in the Pacific is a WW II term. It is the name given to the day on which WW II ended with the surrender of Japan.
In the US, WW II began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and ended with the Japanese surrender in 1945. It was a quick, four year war. Subsequent wars have been much longer in duration.
September 2, 1945, when Japan signed the formal declaration of surrender, ending WW 2.
During WW II Japan was an empire ruled by an emperor, and was therefore known as Imperial Japan. Sometimes the term Nippon is used instead of Japan. The people of Japan were still known as the Japanese, even during WW II.
The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that enabled the Surrender of Japan, ending World War II.
No, it was not WW II.
No Japanese Americans at all were convicted of Espionage. Even so, when they left camps, they faced discrimination and rasicsm.
Harry S. Truman did not end any war. However, he was the President of the United States during the end of World War II and made the decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ultimately leading to Japan's surrender and the end of the war.
Some Japanese soldiers called "Hold Outs" in the Pacific.
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