Japanese surrender
Pacific conflict concluded
The Japanese surrender ended World War II in the Pacific, occurring on August 15, 1945, when Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's acceptance of Allied terms, and formally signed September 2 aboard the USS Missouri.
The phrase marks one of history's most consequential capitulations, following atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Japanese surrender transformed the postwar order in Asia.
- atomic bombingsWartime nuclear weapon deployment
- dropping the bombDeploying atomic weaponry
- USS MissouriFamous American battleship
- post-war reconstructionRestoring a nation after conflict
- war crimes trialsProsecution of combat atrocities
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Japanese surrenderarmistice
Agreement to cease hostilities
truce · ceasefire · stalemate · peace treaty · diplomatic settlement
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