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English: Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 Representatives of the Allied powers wait to sign the Instrument of Surrender on board USS MISSOURI. From left to right: General Hsu-Yung-Chang (China), Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser (Great Britain), Lieutenant General Kusa Nickolsevitch Derevyenko (USSR), General Sir Thomas Blaney (Australia), Colonel L Moore Cosgrave (Canada) and General ...
English: Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945: U.S. Navy carrier planes fly in formation over the U.S. and British fleets in Tokyo Bay during surrender ceremonies. The battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), where the ceremonies took place, is at left. The light cruiser USS Detroit (CL-8) is in the right distance.
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri (BB-63), 2 September 1945. Lieutentant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table. Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase is assisting Mr. Shigemitsu.
The three Star-Telegram correspondents were in attendance during the final moments of the war aboard the USS Missouri, marked by the signing of the surrender terms by Japan on Sept. 2, 1945 ...
Her quarterdeck was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan, which ended World War II. After World War II, Missouri served in various diplomatic, show of force and training missions. On 17 January 1950 the ship ran aground during high tide in Chesapeake Bay and after great effort was re-floated several weeks later.
English: Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board USS Missouri, 2 September 1945. Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table.
For the most part, Suzuki's military-dominated cabinet favored continuing the war. For the Japanese, surrender was unthinkable—Japan had never been successfully invaded or lost a war in its history. [18] Only Mitsumasa Yonai, the Navy minister, was known to desire an early end to the war. [19] According to historian Richard B. Frank:
These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). The only two US vessels present at both the Pearl Harbor attack and Tokyo Bay surrender were the USS West Virginia and the USS ...