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1945 - September 1945 - September

Sailors and officials on the deck of the USS Missouri
witness the Japanese sign surrender documents
in Tokyo Bay
September 2
Politics, Allies
Aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezo sign the Instrument of Surrender. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, signs on behalf of all the nations at war with Japan. World War II is finally over.