General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) accepted the formal surrender of the Japanese Imperial Forces on September 2, 1945, aboard the battleship USS Missouri, which was anchored in Tokyo Bay.
U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9th 1865.
This was taken as the effective ceasing of hostilities, and marks the commonly accepted date of the war's end.
Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of Tennessee later surrendered to W.T.Sherman in North Carolina, and a few other small units in the West surrendered a little after that.
General Eisenhower accepted the surrender of the Nazis through Field Marshall Montgomery.
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US Army General Wainwright surrendered to General Yamashita in 1942. It was actually September 3, a full day after the official surrender of the Emperor of Japan. I know, my Dad was there. --- The question was Yamashita's surrender. Yamashita surrendered on September 2, 1945 to the Philippine Guerillas in Kiangan, Ifugao but signed the surrender document in Baguio in front of General Wainright the next day, September 3, 1945.
The us bombed two cities in japan, then they helped japan reconstrust after japans surrender
The German instrument of surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims . The 15th of August 1945 Japan surrendered, with the surrender documents finally signed aboard the deck of the American battleship USS Missouri on 2 September 1945 , ending the war with Japan in the Pacific .
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In the year after the surrender of Japan, the allies moved in to ensure that they did not continue their war efforts. Many sanctions and limitations where put into place which still exist as of 2014.
General Douglas McArthur represented the United States when Japan surrendered at the end of World War II. The attached link from the Navy has many details.
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General Douglas MacArthur accepted the surrender of Japan on 2nd of Sept. 1945, in Tokyo Bay. Japan was the last to surrender among the Axis.
On 2 September 1945 in Tokyo Bay, Japan aboard the USS Missouri, American General Douglas MacArthur conducted the ceremony marking the official surrender of Japan and the end of the war.
General McArthur and several Admirals in the Navy accepted the surrender of Japan and they signed the surrender documents with the Japanese officials on one of the US naval ships.
General Douglas MacArthur was a famous general during WWII. He was the commander of the Southwest Pacific Area. For his role during the Philippine Campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. He also was the five-star general who accepted Japan's surrender in 1945. MacArthur was born in 1880 and died in 1964.
General Douglas MacArthur was a famous general during WWII. He was the commander of the Southwest Pacific Area. For his role during the Philippine Campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. He also was the five-star general who accepted Japan's surrender in 1945. MacArthur was born in 1880 and died in 1964.
US Army General Wainwright surrendered to General Yamashita in 1942. It was actually September 3, a full day after the official surrender of the Emperor of Japan. I know, my Dad was there. --- The question was Yamashita's surrender. Yamashita surrendered on September 2, 1945 to the Philippine Guerillas in Kiangan, Ifugao but signed the surrender document in Baguio in front of General Wainright the next day, September 3, 1945.
On the 21st of August. General Hsiao Yi-shu, Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army Headquarters at Chihkiang in Hunan accepted the surrender.
Japan Did surrender to the USA, and President Harry Truman, after two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, (and after Russia declared war on Japan). Japan did not want to surrender, because their samurai code said it was better to die instead of to surrender. It was after they were bombed with nuclear weapons (and after Russia attacked the Japanese forces in Manchuria), that Japan finally decided to surrender.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, finally caused Japan to surrender.
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