The Japanese "instrument of surrender" was signed on board the USS Missouri on the 2nd of September, 1945. Please see the related links.
On May 7, 1945, General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender documents at Rheims, France.
To Surrender
It ended with the surrender of Japan.
Yes. world war 2 could have ended earlier if the allies did not insist upon total surrender.
The surrender documents.
The Japanese signed the surrender documents on the USS Missouri.
No. The surrender documents ended the war and provided all that was needed for peace agreements.
It was not a treaty that ended World War 2. The German signed unconditional surrender documents with Russia and the rest of the Allied forces. The Japanese also signed unconditional surrender documents with the Allied Forces. The Allied Forces then took occupation of Germany and Japan for up to seven years. The Versailles Treaty was the treaty that ended World War 1.
It didn't surrender.
Surrender
The Japanese "instrument of surrender" was signed on board the USS Missouri on the 2nd of September, 1945. Please see the related links.
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.
All 3 surrendered in World War 2.
To Surrender
On May 7, 1945, General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender documents at Rheims, France.
Europe did not surrender during WW2.