Surrender of Japan, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 352 relations: Aftermath of World War II, Air General Army, Airborne leaflet propaganda, Akihito, Akira Fujiwara, Allied submarines in the Pacific War, Allied-occupied Germany, Allies of World War II, Army Ministry, Arthur Compton, Asiatic-Pacific theater, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Atsugi, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea (July 1945), Avalon Project, Baguio, Banzai charge, Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa, Battle of Peleliu, Battle of Port Arthur, Battle of Saipan, Battle of Tsushima, Battles of Khalkhin Gol, Blackout (wartime), Board of Chamberlains, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Bougainville Island, British Borneo, British Malaya, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Cambridge University Press, Camp John Hay, Carl Spaatz, Caroline Islands, Cecil Harcourt, Chen Yi (Kuomintang), Chinese Eastern Railway, Chuuk Lagoon, Classical Japanese, Clement Attlee, Color motion picture film, Communism, Consolidated B-32 Dominator, Convention of Kanagawa, Coup d'état, Crown Colony of Labuan, Dalian, Dancing Man, ... Expand index (302 more) »

2. 1945 in military history
3. August 1945 events in Asia
4. End of World War II
5. September 1945 events in Asia
6. Surrenders

Aftermath of World War II

The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two superpowers, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US).

See Surrender of Japan and Aftermath of World War II

Air General Army

The was a Japanese general army responsible for the defense of the country against Allied air raids during the last months of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Air General Army

Airborne leaflet propaganda

Airborne leaflet dropping is where leaflets (flyers) are scattered in the air.

See Surrender of Japan and Airborne leaflet propaganda

Akihito

Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019.

See Surrender of Japan and Akihito

Akira Fujiwara

was a Japanese historian.

See Surrender of Japan and Akira Fujiwara

Allied submarines in the Pacific War

Allied submarines were used extensively during the Pacific War and were a key contributor to the defeat of the Empire of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Allied submarines in the Pacific War

Allied-occupied Germany

The entirety of Germany was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 to the establishment of West Germany on 23 May 1949.

See Surrender of Japan and Allied-occupied Germany

Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

See Surrender of Japan and Allies of World War II

Army Ministry

The, also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).

See Surrender of Japan and Army Ministry

Arthur Compton

Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation.

See Surrender of Japan and Arthur Compton

Asiatic-Pacific theater

The Asiatic-Pacific Theater was the theater of operations of U.S. forces during World War II in the Pacific War during 1941–1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Asiatic-Pacific theater

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Surrender of Japan and atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 1945 in Japan, 1945 in military history and August 1945 events in Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Atsugi

is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Atsugi

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

See Surrender of Japan and Attack on Pearl Harbor

Attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea (July 1945)

The attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea by United States and British naval aircraft in late July 1945 sank most of the surviving large warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).

See Surrender of Japan and Attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea (July 1945)

Avalon Project

The Avalon Project is a digital library of documents relating to law, history and diplomacy.

See Surrender of Japan and Avalon Project

Baguio

Baguio, officially the City of Baguio (Siudad ne Bagiw; Siudad ti Baguio; Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.

See Surrender of Japan and Baguio

Banzai charge

Banzai charge or Banzai attack (banzai totsugeki) is the term that was used by the Allied forces of World War II to refer to Japanese human wave attacks and swarming staged by infantry units.

See Surrender of Japan and Banzai charge

Battle of Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. Surrender of Japan and battle of Iwo Jima are 1945 in Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Battle of Iwo Jima

Battle of Okinawa

The, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. Surrender of Japan and battle of Okinawa are 1945 in Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Battle of Okinawa

Battle of Peleliu

The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign of World War II, from 15 September to 27 November 1944, on the island of Peleliu.

See Surrender of Japan and Battle of Peleliu

Battle of Port Arthur

The of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War.

See Surrender of Japan and Battle of Port Arthur

Battle of Saipan

The Battle of Saipan was an amphibious assault launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944.

See Surrender of Japan and Battle of Saipan

Battle of Tsushima

The Battle of Tsushima (Цусимское сражение, Tsusimskoye srazheniye), also known in Japan as the, was the final naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought on 27–28 May 1905 in the Tsushima Strait.

See Surrender of Japan and Battle of Tsushima

Battles of Khalkhin Gol

The Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Бои на Халхин-Голе; Халхын голын байлдаан) were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts involving the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Japan and Manchukuo in 1939. Surrender of Japan and Battles of Khalkhin Gol are Japan–Soviet Union relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Battles of Khalkhin Gol

Blackout (wartime)

A blackout during war, or in preparation for an expected war, is the practice of collectively minimizing outdoor light, including upwardly directed (or reflected) light.

See Surrender of Japan and Blackout (wartime)

Board of Chamberlains

The is a department of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Board of Chamberlains

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

See Surrender of Japan and Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Bougainville Island

Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea.

See Surrender of Japan and Bougainville Island

British Borneo

British Borneo comprised the four northern parts of the island of Borneo, which are now the country of Brunei, two Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan.

See Surrender of Japan and British Borneo

British Malaya

The term "British Malaya" (Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century.

See Surrender of Japan and British Malaya

Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

See Surrender of Japan and Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

See Surrender of Japan and Cambridge University Press

Camp John Hay

Camp John Hay is a mixed-used development which serves as a tourist destination and forest watershed reservation in Baguio, Philippines which was formerly a military base of the United States Armed Forces.

See Surrender of Japan and Camp John Hay

Carl Spaatz

Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general.

See Surrender of Japan and Carl Spaatz

Caroline Islands

The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea.

See Surrender of Japan and Caroline Islands

Cecil Harcourt

Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt (translated to Chinese as labels; 11 April 1892 – 19 December 1959) was a British naval officer.

See Surrender of Japan and Cecil Harcourt

Chen Yi (Kuomintang)

Chen Yi (courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June 18, 1950) was the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Republic of China.

See Surrender of Japan and Chen Yi (Kuomintang)

Chinese Eastern Railway

The Chinese Eastern Railway or CER (Китайско-Восточная железная дорога, or КВЖД, Kitaysko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga or KVZhD), is the historical name for a railway system in Northeast China (also known as Manchuria).

See Surrender of Japan and Chinese Eastern Railway

Chuuk Lagoon

Chuuk Lagoon, previously Truk Atoll, is an atoll in the central Pacific.

See Surrender of Japan and Chuuk Lagoon

Classical Japanese

The classical Japanese language (bungo, "literary language"), also called and sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese", is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–1989).

See Surrender of Japan and Classical Japanese

Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

See Surrender of Japan and Clement Attlee

Color motion picture film

Color motion picture film refers both to unexposed color photographic film in a format suitable for use in a motion picture camera, and to finished motion picture film, ready for use in a projector, which bears images in color.

See Surrender of Japan and Color motion picture film

Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

See Surrender of Japan and Communism

Consolidated B-32 Dominator

The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34) was an American heavy strategic bomber built for United States Army Air Forces during World War II, which had the distinction of being the last Allied aircraft to be engaged in combat during World War II; that engagement also resulted in the last American to die in air combat in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Consolidated B-32 Dominator

Convention of Kanagawa

The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty (Kanagawa Jōyaku) or the Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (Nichibei Washin Jōyaku), was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854.

See Surrender of Japan and Convention of Kanagawa

Coup d'état

A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.

See Surrender of Japan and Coup d'état

Crown Colony of Labuan

The Crown Colony of Labuan was a Crown colony off the northwestern shore of the island of Borneo established in 1848 after the acquisition of the island of Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei in 1846.

See Surrender of Japan and Crown Colony of Labuan

Dalian

Dalian is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China (after Shenyang and Harbin).

See Surrender of Japan and Dalian

Dancing Man

Dancing Man is the name given to a photograph of a man who was filmed dancing on the street in Sydney, Australia, after the end of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Dancing Man

Death poem

The death poem is a genre of poetry that developed in the literary traditions of East Asian cultures—most prominently in Japan as well as certain periods of Chinese history and Joseon Korea.

See Surrender of Japan and Death poem

Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45). Surrender of Japan and debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are 1945 in military history.

See Surrender of Japan and Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Defence in depth

Defence in depth (also known as deep defence or elastic defence) is a military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, buying time and causing additional casualties by yielding space.

See Surrender of Japan and Defence in depth

Demon core

The demon core was a sphere of plutonium that was involved in two fatal radiation accidents when scientists tested it as a fissile core of an early atomic bomb.

See Surrender of Japan and Demon core

Disembowelment

Disembowelment, disemboweling, evisceration, eviscerating or gutting is the removal of organs from the gastrointestinal tract (bowels or viscera), usually through an incision made across the abdominal area.

See Surrender of Japan and Disembowelment

Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army.

See Surrender of Japan and Douglas MacArthur

Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Nederlands(ch)-Indië) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Dutch East Indies

Eastern District Army

The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for the defense of the Kantō region and northern Honshū during the Pacific War.

See Surrender of Japan and Eastern District Army

Eighteenth Army (Japan)

The was a field army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Eighteenth Army (Japan)

Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

See Surrender of Japan and Empire of Japan

Empress Nagako

Nagako (6 March 190316 June 2000), posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun, was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.

See Surrender of Japan and Empress Nagako

End of World War II in Asia

World War II officially ended in Asia on September 2, 1945, with the surrender of Japan on the. Surrender of Japan and end of World War II in Asia are 1945 in military history, end of World War II and September 1945 events in Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and End of World War II in Asia

End of World War II in Europe

The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel on 8 May 1945 (VE Day) in Karlshorst, Berlin. Surrender of Japan and End of World War II in Europe are 1945 in military history and end of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and End of World War II in Europe

Enola Gay

The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.

See Surrender of Japan and Enola Gay

Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi (29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian and naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project.

See Surrender of Japan and Enrico Fermi

Ernest J. King

Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Ernest J. King

Ernest Lawrence

Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American nuclear physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron.

See Surrender of Japan and Ernest Lawrence

Face (sociological concept)

Face is a class of behaviors and customs, associated with the morality, honor, and authority of an individual (or group of individuals), and its image in social groups.

See Surrender of Japan and Face (sociological concept)

Fat Man

"Fat Man" (also known as Mark III) was the codename for the type of nuclear weapon the United States detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Fat Man

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA, Eidgenössisches Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Département fédéral des affaires étrangères, Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri, Departament federal d’affars exteriurs), so named since 1979, is one of the seven Departments of the Swiss government federal administration of Switzerland, and corresponds in its range of tasks to the ministry of foreign affairs in other countries.

See Surrender of Japan and Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

First General Army (Japan)

The was a general army (army group equivalent) of the Imperial Japanese Army, established for the defense of eastern and northern Honshū (including the Tōkai and Kantō regions) during the final stage of the Pacific War.

See Surrender of Japan and First General Army (Japan)

Flag of Japan

The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner bearing a crimson-red circle at its center.

See Surrender of Japan and Flag of Japan

Former City Hall, Singapore

The Former City Hall building in Singapore is a national monument gazetted on 14 February 1992.

See Surrender of Japan and Former City Hall, Singapore

France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

See Surrender of Japan and France

Franck Report

The Franck Report of June 1945 was a document signed by several prominent nuclear physicists recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Franck Report

Frank Messervy

General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, (9 December 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a British Indian Army officer in the First and Second World Wars.

See Surrender of Japan and Frank Messervy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom of religion

Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.

See Surrender of Japan and Freedom of religion

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.

See Surrender of Japan and Freedom of speech

Freedom of thought

Freedom of thought is the freedom of an individual to hold or consider a fact, viewpoint, or thought, independent of others' viewpoints.

See Surrender of Japan and Freedom of thought

French Indochina

French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1946 as the French Union, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the Vietnamese regions of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south.

See Surrender of Japan and French Indochina

Fumimaro Konoe

was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941.

See Surrender of Japan and Fumimaro Konoe

Fundamental rights

Fundamental rights are a group of rights that have been recognized by a high degree of protection from encroachment.

See Surrender of Japan and Fundamental rights

Galang Island

Galang (Indonesian: Pulau Galang) is an island of 80 km2 located 25 mi (40 km) southeast of Batam, belonging to a group of three islands called Barelang (an abbreviation of Batam-Rempang-Galang).

See Surrender of Japan and Galang Island

Geography of Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country in East Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Geography of Taiwan

George C. Marshall

George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American army officer and statesman.

See Surrender of Japan and George C. Marshall

George D. Murray

George Dominic Murray (July 6, 1889 – June 18, 1956) was an admiral in the United States Navy and an early naval aviator.

See Surrender of Japan and George D. Murray

George F. Kosco

Captain George Francis Kosco (1 April 1908 – 11 June 1985) was a United States Navy aerologist and polar explorer.

See Surrender of Japan and George F. Kosco

George L. Harrison

George Leslie Harrison (January 26, 1887 – March 5, 1958) was an American banker, insurance executive and advisor to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and George L. Harrison

George Wootten

Major General Sir George Frederick Wootten, (1 May 1893 – 31 March 1970) was a senior Australian Army officer, public servant, right wing political activist and solicitor.

See Surrender of Japan and George Wootten

German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

See Surrender of Japan and German Empire

German Instrument of Surrender

The German Instrument of Surrender was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, which ended World War II in Europe, with the surrender taking effect at 23:01 CET on the same day. Surrender of Japan and German Instrument of Surrender are end of World War II and surrenders.

See Surrender of Japan and German Instrument of Surrender

Government of Japan

The Government of Japan is the central government of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Government of Japan

Gozen Kaigi

In the Empire of Japan, an (literally, a conference before the emperor) was an extraconstitutional conference on foreign matters of grave national importance that was convened by the government in the presence of the Emperor.

See Surrender of Japan and Gozen Kaigi

Hajime Sugiyama

was a Japanese field marshal and one of Japan's military leaders for most of the Second World War.

See Surrender of Japan and Hajime Sugiyama

Haragei

is a Japanese concept of interpersonal communication.

See Surrender of Japan and Haragei

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.

See Surrender of Japan and Harry S. Truman

Hatazō Adachi

was a general and war criminal in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Hatazō Adachi

Henry A. Wallace

Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, farmer, and businessman who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

See Surrender of Japan and Henry A. Wallace

Henry H. Arnold

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force.

See Surrender of Japan and Henry H. Arnold

Henry L. Stimson

Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician.

See Surrender of Japan and Henry L. Stimson

Herbert P. Bix

Herbert P. Bix (born 1938) is an American historian.

See Surrender of Japan and Herbert P. Bix

Hideki Tojo

was a Japanese politician, military leader and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association from 1941 to 1944 during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Hideki Tojo

Hiranuma Kiichirō

was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.

See Surrender of Japan and Hiranuma Kiichirō

Hirohito

Hirohito (29 April 19017 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989.

See Surrender of Japan and Hirohito

Hirohito surrender broadcast

The Hirohito surrender broadcast, also known as the Jewel Voice Broadcast (Broadcast of the Emperor's Voice), was a radio broadcast of surrender given by Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, on August 15, 1945. Surrender of Japan and Hirohito surrender broadcast are 1945 in Japan, 1945 in military history, August 1945 events in Asia and Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Hirohito surrender broadcast

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Hiroshima

Hisanori Fujita

was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, court official and Shinto priest.

See Surrender of Japan and Hisanori Fujita

Hisatsune Sakomizu

was a Japanese government official and politician before, during and after World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Hisatsune Sakomizu

Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023.

See Surrender of Japan and Ho Chi Minh City

Hokkaido

is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

See Surrender of Japan and Hokkaido

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

See Surrender of Japan and Hong Kong

Honshu

, historically called, is the largest and most populous island of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Honshu

Horace Robertson

Lieutenant General Sir Horace Clement Hugh Robertson, (29 October 1894 – 28 April 1960) was a senior officer in the Australian Army who served in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War.

See Surrender of Japan and Horace Robertson

Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

See Surrender of Japan and Human rights

Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II

A hypothetical military victory of the Axis powers over the Allies of World War II (1939–1945) is a common topic in speculative literature.

See Surrender of Japan and Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II

Imperial House of Japan

The is the dynasty and imperial family of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties.

See Surrender of Japan and Imperial House of Japan

Imperial Household Agency

The (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Imperial Household Agency

Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan. Surrender of Japan and Imperial Japanese Army are Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Imperial Japanese Army

Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff

The was the highest organ within the Imperial Japanese Navy.

See Surrender of Japan and Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff

Inaba Masao

was a Japanese officer during World War II of the Military Affairs Bureau.

See Surrender of Japan and Inaba Masao

Interim Committee

The Interim Committee was a secret high-level group created in May 1945 by United States Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson at the urging of leaders of the Manhattan Project and with the approval of President Harry S. Truman to advise on matters pertaining to nuclear energy.

See Surrender of Japan and Interim Committee

International Military Tribunal for the Far East

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on 29 April 1946 to try leaders of the Empire of Japan for their crimes against peace, conventional war crimes, and crimes against humanity, leading up to and during the Second World War. Surrender of Japan and International Military Tribunal for the Far East are occupied Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Invasion of the Kuril Islands

The Invasion of the Kuril Islands (lit) was the World War II Soviet military operation to capture the Kuril Islands from Japan in 1945. Surrender of Japan and Invasion of the Kuril Islands are 1945 in Japan, August 1945 events in Asia, Japan–Soviet Union relations and September 1945 events in Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Invasion of the Kuril Islands

Iris Chang

Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author of historical books and political activist.

See Surrender of Japan and Iris Chang

J. Robert Oppenheimer

J.

See Surrender of Japan and J. Robert Oppenheimer

James B. Conant

James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was an American chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany.

See Surrender of Japan and James B. Conant

James F. Byrnes

James Francis Byrnes (May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina.

See Surrender of Japan and James F. Byrnes

James Forrestal

James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.

See Surrender of Japan and James Forrestal

Japan Standard Time

, or, is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00).

See Surrender of Japan and Japan Standard Time

Japanese archipelago

The Japanese archipelago (Japanese:, Nihon Rettō) is an archipelago of 14,125 islands that form the country of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese archipelago

Japanese economic miracle

The Japanese economic miracle (Kōdo keizai seichō) refers to Japan's record period of economic growth between the post-World War II era and the end of the Cold War.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese economic miracle

Japanese holdout

Japanese holdouts (lit) were soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific Theatre of World War II who continued fighting after the surrender of Japan at the end of the war. Surrender of Japan and Japanese holdout are Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese holdout

Japanese Instrument of Surrender

The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan, marking the end of hostilities in World War II. Surrender of Japan and Japanese Instrument of Surrender are 1945 in Japan, Japan in World War II, Japan–Soviet Union relations, occupied Japan, September 1945 events in Asia and surrenders.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese Instrument of Surrender

Japanese nuclear weapons program

During World War II, Japan had several programs exploring the use of nuclear fission for military technology, including nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese nuclear weapons program

Japanese people

are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Japanese archipelago.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese people

Japanese war crimes

During its imperial era, the Empire of Japan committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity across various Asian-Pacific nations, notably during the Second Sino-Japanese and Pacific Wars.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese war crimes

Japanese-American service in World War II

During the early years of World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes on the West Coast because military leaders and public opinion combined to fan unproven fears of sabotage.

See Surrender of Japan and Japanese-American service in World War II

Jirō Shiizaki

Jirō Shiizaki (椎崎二郎, Shiizaki Jirō) (30 September 1911 – 15 August 1945) was a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Jirō Shiizaki

John J. McCloy

John Jay McCloy (March 31, 1895 – March 11, 1989) was an American lawyer, diplomat, banker, and presidential advisor.

See Surrender of Japan and John J. McCloy

John Toland (historian)

John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 – January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian.

See Surrender of Japan and John Toland (historian)

John W. Dower

John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American author and historian.

See Surrender of Japan and John W. Dower

Joseph Grew

Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer.

See Surrender of Japan and Joseph Grew

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

See Surrender of Japan and Joseph Stalin

Kamikaze

, officially, were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks. Surrender of Japan and Kamikaze are 1945 in Japan and Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Kamikaze

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.

See Surrender of Japan and Kanagawa Prefecture

Kantarō Suzuki

Baron was a Japanese admiral and politician.

See Surrender of Japan and Kantarō Suzuki

Kantokuen

Isoroku Yamamoto Tomoyuki Yamashita Korechika Anami Henry Pu-yi |commander2. Surrender of Japan and Kantokuen are Japan–Soviet Union relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Kantokuen

Karafuto Prefecture

Karafuto Agency, from 1943 Karafuto Prefecture, commonly known as South Sakhalin, was a part of the Empire of Japan on Sakhalin. Surrender of Japan and Karafuto Prefecture are Japan–Soviet Union relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Karafuto Prefecture

Karl Taylor Compton

Karl Taylor Compton (September 14, 1887 – June 22, 1954) was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948.

See Surrender of Japan and Karl Taylor Compton

Katana

A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands.

See Surrender of Japan and Katana

Kōichi Kido

Marquess (July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Hirohito throughout World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Kōichi Kido

Kōki Hirota

was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937.

See Surrender of Japan and Kōki Hirota

Keningau

Keningau (Pekan Keningau) is the capital of the Keningau District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia.

See Surrender of Japan and Keningau

Kenji Doihara

was a Japanese army officer.

See Surrender of Japan and Kenji Doihara

Kenji Hatanaka

(28 March 1912 – 15 August 1945) was a Japanese military officer and one of the chief conspirators in the Kyūjō incident, a plot to seize the Imperial Palace and to prevent the broadcast of Emperor Hirohito's surrender speech to mark the end of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Kenji Hatanaka

Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary

First published in 1918, has long been the largest and most authoritative Japanese-English dictionary.

See Surrender of Japan and Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary

Kokura

is an ancient castle town and the center of Kitakyushu, Japan, guarding the Straits of Shimonoseki between Honshu and Kyushu with its suburb Moji.

See Surrender of Japan and Kokura

Kokutai

is a concept in the Japanese language translatable as "system of government", "sovereignty", "national identity, essence and character", "national polity; body politic; national entity; basis for the Emperor's sovereignty; Japanese constitution" or nation.

See Surrender of Japan and Kokutai

Korea under Japanese rule

From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (Hanja: 朝鮮, Korean: 조선), the Japanese reading of Joseon.

See Surrender of Japan and Korea under Japanese rule

Korechika Anami

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who was War Minister during the surrender of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Korechika Anami

Koshirō Oikawa

was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Naval Minister during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Koshirō Oikawa

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur; 吉隆坡联邦直辖区; கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்) and colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.

See Surrender of Japan and Kuala Lumpur

Kuching

Kuching, officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.

See Surrender of Japan and Kuching

Kujūkuri Beach

is a sandy beach that occupies much of the northeast coast of the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Kujūkuri Beach

Kuniaki Koiso

was a Japanese politician, military leader and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945 during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Kuniaki Koiso

Kuomintang

The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949.

See Surrender of Japan and Kuomintang

Kure Naval Arsenal

was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

See Surrender of Japan and Kure Naval Arsenal

Kuril Islands

The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (p; Japanese: or) are a volcanic archipelago administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the Russian Far East.

See Surrender of Japan and Kuril Islands

Kwantung Army

The Kwantung Army (Japanese: 関東軍, Kantō-gun) was a general army of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1919 to 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Kwantung Army

Kyūjō incident

The was an attempted military coup d'état in the Empire of Japan at the end of the Second World War. Surrender of Japan and Kyūjō incident are 1945 in Japan, August 1945 events in Asia and Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Kyūjō incident

Kyoto

Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.

See Surrender of Japan and Kyoto

Kyushu

is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).

See Surrender of Japan and Kyushu

La Pérouse Strait

La Pérouse Strait (пролив Лаперуза), or Sōya Strait (宗谷海峡), is a strait dividing the southern part of the Russian island of Sakhalin from the northern part of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, and connecting the Sea of Japan on the west with the Sea of Okhotsk on the east. Surrender of Japan and La Pérouse Strait are Japan–Soviet Union relations.

See Surrender of Japan and La Pérouse Strait

Lauris Norstad

Lauris Norstad (March 24, 1907 – September 12, 1988) was an American general officer in the United States Army and United States Air Force.

See Surrender of Japan and Lauris Norstad

Law of war

The law of war is a component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of hostilities (jus in bello).

See Surrender of Japan and Law of war

Lüshunkou, Dalian

Lüshunkou District (also Lyushunkou District) is a district of Dalian, Liaoning province, China.

See Surrender of Japan and Lüshunkou, Dalian

Leslie Groves

Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Leslie Groves

Little Boy

Little Boy was the name of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

See Surrender of Japan and Little Boy

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

The was an administrative post not of Cabinet rank in the government of the Empire of Japan, responsible for being a direct, personal advisor to the emperor, and keeping the Privy Seal of Japan and State Seal of Japan among other things.

See Surrender of Japan and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan

Lord Mountbatten

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family.

See Surrender of Japan and Lord Mountbatten

Magic (cryptography)

Magic was an Allied cryptanalysis project during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Magic (cryptography)

Major general (Australia)

Major general (abbreviated MAJGEN) is a senior rank of the Australian Army, and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of major general.

See Surrender of Japan and Major general (Australia)

Manchukuo

Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Manchukuo

Manchuria

Manchuria is a term that refers to a region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China, and historically parts of the modern-day Russian Far East, often referred to as Outer Manchuria.

See Surrender of Japan and Manchuria

Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons.

See Surrender of Japan and Manhattan Project

Manila

Manila (Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.

See Surrender of Japan and Manila

Marcus McDilda

First lieutenant Marcus Elmo McDilda (December 15, 1921 – August 16, 1998) was an American P-51 fighter pilot who was shot down over Osaka and captured by the Japanese on 8 August 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

See Surrender of Japan and Marcus McDilda

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign

The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Campaign Plan Granite II, was an offensive launched by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean between June and November 1944 during the Pacific War.

See Surrender of Japan and Mariana and Palau Islands campaign

Martial law

Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.

See Surrender of Japan and Martial law

Masahiko Takeshita

Lt.

See Surrender of Japan and Masahiko Takeshita

Masakazu Kawabe

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

See Surrender of Japan and Masakazu Kawabe

Masao Baba

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding the Japanese ground forces of the Borneo Campaign of 1945 in the closing months of the war.

See Surrender of Japan and Masao Baba

Masataka Ida

Lt.

See Surrender of Japan and Masataka Ida

Masatane Kanda

, was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Masatane Kanda

Matthew C. Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was an United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War.

See Surrender of Japan and Matthew C. Perry

Max Grässli

Max Grässli (4 March 1902 – 29 June 1985) was a Swiss diplomat.

See Surrender of Japan and Max Grässli

Mengjiang

Mengjiang, also known as Mengkiang, officially the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government, was an autonomous zone in Inner Mongolia, formed in 1939 as a puppet state of the Empire of Japan, then from 1940 being under the nominal sovereignty of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (which was itself also a puppet state).

See Surrender of Japan and Mengjiang

Michinori Shiraishi

(1 December 1910 – 15 August 1945) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Michinori Shiraishi

Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

See Surrender of Japan and Military

Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations.

See Surrender of Japan and Military base

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

The is a member of the cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

See Surrender of Japan and Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

The is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government.

See Surrender of Japan and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Ministry of the Navy (Japan)

The was a cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).

See Surrender of Japan and Ministry of the Navy (Japan)

Mitsumasa Yonai

was a Japanese navy officer and politician.

See Surrender of Japan and Mitsumasa Yonai

Mokusatsu

is a Japanese word meaning "ignore", "take no notice of" or "treat with silent contempt".

See Surrender of Japan and Mokusatsu

Nagasaki

, officially known as Nagasaki City (label), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Nagasaki

Naotake Satō

was a Japanese diplomat and politician.

See Surrender of Japan and Naotake Satō

Naozaburo Okabe

was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, who commanded the Japanese Sixth Area Army from November 1944 until the end of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Naozaburo Okabe

National Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration.

See Surrender of Japan and National Air and Space Museum

National Library Board

The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore.

See Surrender of Japan and National Library Board

National Memorial Service for War Dead

The is an official, secular ceremony conducted annually on August 15 by the Japanese government at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and National Memorial Service for War Dead

Naval Air Facility Atsugi

is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Naval Air Facility Atsugi

Naval History and Heritage Command

The Naval History and Heritage Command, formerly the Naval Historical Center, is an Echelon II command responsible for the preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard.

See Surrender of Japan and Naval History and Heritage Command

NHK

, also known by its romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster.

See Surrender of Japan and NHK

Niigata (city)

is a city located in the northern part of Niigata Prefecture. It is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, and one of the cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, located in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the most populous city on the west coast of Honshu, and the second populous city in Chūbu region after Nagoya.

See Surrender of Japan and Niigata (city)

NK News

NK News is an American subscription-based news website that provides stories and analysis about North Korea.

See Surrender of Japan and NK News

Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu

was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito).

See Surrender of Japan and Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu

North Borneo

North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, (present-day Sabah).

See Surrender of Japan and North Borneo

Nuclear ethics

Nuclear ethics is a cross-disciplinary field of academic and policy-relevant study in which the problems associated with nuclear warfare, nuclear deterrence, nuclear arms control, nuclear disarmament, or nuclear energy are examined through one or more ethical or moral theories or frameworks.

See Surrender of Japan and Nuclear ethics

Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.

See Surrender of Japan and Nuclear weapon

Occupation of Japan

Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952. Surrender of Japan and Occupation of Japan are 1945 in Japan and occupied Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Occupation of Japan

Ogg

Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation.

See Surrender of Japan and Ogg

Okikatsu Arao

Colonel was one of the original plotters in a scheme to prevent the Emperor's declaration of surrender at the end of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Okikatsu Arao

Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Operation Downfall

Operation Jurist

Operation Jurist referred to the British recapture of Penang following Japan's surrender in 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Operation Jurist

Operation Starvation

Operation Starvation was a naval mining operation conducted in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to disrupt Japanese shipping. Surrender of Japan and operation Starvation are 1945 in Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Operation Starvation

Operation U-Go

The U Go offensive, or Operation C (ウ号作戦 U Gō sakusen), was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur and the Naga Hills (then administered as part of Assam).

See Surrender of Japan and Operation U-Go

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

See Surrender of Japan and Pacific Ocean

Pacific War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

See Surrender of Japan and Pacific War

Paul Tibbets

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.

See Surrender of Japan and Paul Tibbets

PDF

Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

See Surrender of Japan and PDF

Penang

Penang (Pulau Pinang) is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca.

See Surrender of Japan and Penang

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque (22 November 1902 – 28 November 1947) was a Free-French general during the Second World War.

See Surrender of Japan and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Philippines

Philippines campaign (1944–1945)

The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines, Second Philippines campaign, or the Liberation of the Philippines, codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III, was the American, Mexican, Australian and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Philippines campaign (1944–1945)

Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

See Surrender of Japan and Phonograph record

Plaintext

In cryptography, plaintext usually means unencrypted information pending input into cryptographic algorithms, usually encryption algorithms.

See Surrender of Japan and Plaintext

Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan

Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan covers individual Japanese dissidents against the policies of the Empire of Japan. Surrender of Japan and Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan are Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan

Portuguese Timor

Portuguese Timor (Timor Português) was a colonial possession of Portugal that existed between 1702 and 1975.

See Surrender of Japan and Portuguese Timor

Post–World War II economic expansion

The post–World War II economic expansion, also known as the postwar economic boom or the Golden Age of Capitalism, was a broad period of worldwide economic expansion beginning with the aftermath of World War II and ending with the 1973–1975 recession.

See Surrender of Japan and Post–World War II economic expansion

Potsdam Conference

The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

See Surrender of Japan and Potsdam Conference

Potsdam Declaration

The Potsdam Declaration, or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Potsdam Declaration

Prime Minister of Japan

The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Prime Minister of Japan

Prince Kan'in Haruhito

was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and the 7th (and final) head of the Kan'in-no-miya line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Prince Kan'in Haruhito

Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni

was a Japanese imperial prince, a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 30th Prime Minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 to 9 October 1945, a period of 54 days.

See Surrender of Japan and Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni

Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda

was the second and last heir of the Takeda-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family.

See Surrender of Japan and Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda

Prince Yasuhiko Asaka

was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China and the Second World War.

See Surrender of Japan and Prince Yasuhiko Asaka

Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

See Surrender of Japan and Prisoner of war

Proclamation of Indonesian Independence

The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia, or simply Proklamasi) was read at 10:00 Tokyo Standard Time on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta. Surrender of Japan and Proclamation of Indonesian Independence are August 1945 events in Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Proclamation of Indonesian Independence

Raj of Sarawak

The Raj of Sarawak, also the Kingdom of Sarawak or State of Sarawak, located in the northwestern part of the island of Borneo, was an independent state founded in 1841, in a treaty of protection with the United Kingdom starting from 1888.

See Surrender of Japan and Raj of Sarawak

Ralph Austin Bard

Ralph Austin Bard (July 29, 1884 – April 5, 1975) was a Chicago financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Ralph Austin Bard

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

See Surrender of Japan and Red Army

Repatriation

Repatriation is the return of a thing or person to its or their country of origin, respectively.

See Surrender of Japan and Repatriation

Republic of China (1912–1949)

The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, as a sovereign state was based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949, when the government retreated to Taiwan, where it continues to be based.

See Surrender of Japan and Republic of China (1912–1949)

Richard B. Frank

Richard B. Frank (born November 11, 1947) is an American lawyer and military historian.

See Surrender of Japan and Richard B. Frank

Rikichi Andō

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 19th and final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 December 1944 to October 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Rikichi Andō

Rising Sun Flag

The is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. Surrender of Japan and Rising Sun Flag are Japan in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Rising Sun Flag

Robert Butow

Robert Joseph Charles Butow (March 19, 1924 – October 17, 2017) was a professor emeritus of Japanese history at the University of Washington in Seattle.

See Surrender of Japan and Robert Butow

Royal Marines

The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).

See Surrender of Japan and Royal Marines

Rumoi, Hokkaido

is a city located in Rumoi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Rumoi, Hokkaido

Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.

See Surrender of Japan and Russo-Japanese War

Sakhalin

Sakhalin (p) is an island in Northeast Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Sakhalin

Second General Army (Japan)

The was a general army (army group equivalent) of the Imperial Japanese Army responsible for the defense of western Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku during the final stage of the Pacific War.

See Surrender of Japan and Second General Army (Japan)

Second Philippine Republic

The Second Philippine Republic, officially the Republic of the Philippines and also known as the Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic, was a Japanese-backed government established on October 14, 1943, during the Japanese occupation of the islands until its dissolution on August 17, 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Second Philippine Republic

Seishirō Itagaki

was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and War Minister from 1938 to 1939.

See Surrender of Japan and Seishirō Itagaki

Seppuku

, also called, is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment.

See Surrender of Japan and Seppuku

Shigenori Tōgō

was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Japan at both the start and the end of the Axis–Allied conflict during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Shigenori Tōgō

Shikoku

, is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Shikoku

Shinyo (suicide motorboat)

The were Japanese suicide motorboats developed during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Shinyo (suicide motorboat)

Shizuichi Tanaka

was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese Military Governor of the Philippines during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Shizuichi Tanaka

Shozo Tominaga

. Japan Times, January 15, 2002 was a Japanese war criminal turned peace activist.

See Surrender of Japan and Shozo Tominaga

Shun'ichi Kase

was a Japanese diplomat both during and after World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Shun'ichi Kase

Shunroku Hata

was a field marshal (gensui) in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Shunroku Hata

Singapore in the Straits Settlements

Singapore in the Straits Settlements refers to a period in the history of Singapore between 1826 and 1942, during which Singapore was part of the Straits Settlements together with Penang and Malacca.

See Surrender of Japan and Singapore in the Straits Settlements

Smithsonian Channel

The Smithsonian Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its media networks division under MTV Entertainment Group.

See Surrender of Japan and Smithsonian Channel

Soemu Toyoda

was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Soemu Toyoda

South Manchuria Railway

The South Manchuria Railway (translit), officially, Mantetsu (translit) or Mantie for short, was a large of the Empire of Japan whose primary function was the operation of railways on the Dalian–Fengtian (Mukden)–Changchun (called Xinjing from 1931 to 1945) corridor in northeastern China, as well as on several branch lines.

See Surrender of Japan and South Manchuria Railway

South West Pacific theatre of World War II

The South West Pacific theatre, during World War II, was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and the Axis.

See Surrender of Japan and South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

See Surrender of Japan and Southeast Asia

Soviet invasion of Manchuria

The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation or simply the Manchurian Operation, began on 9 August 1945 with the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. Surrender of Japan and Soviet invasion of Manchuria are 1945 in Japan, August 1945 events in Asia and Japan–Soviet Union relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Soviet occupation zone in Germany

The Soviet occupation zone in Germany (or label) was an area of Germany that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a communist area, established as a result of the Potsdam Agreement on 1 August 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Soviet occupation zone in Germany

Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

See Surrender of Japan and Soviet Union

Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956

The Soviet Union did not sign the 1951 Treaty of Peace with Japan, which had reestablished peaceful relations between most other Allied Powers and Japan. Surrender of Japan and Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956 are Japan–Soviet Union relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956

Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact

The, also known as the, was a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan signed on April 13, 1941, two years after the conclusion of the Soviet-Japanese Border War. Surrender of Japan and Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact are Japan–Soviet Union relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact

Soviet–Japanese War

The Soviet–Japanese War was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. Surrender of Japan and Soviet–Japanese War are 1945 in Japan, August 1945 events in Asia, Japan–Soviet Union relations and September 1945 events in Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Soviet–Japanese War

Staging area

A staging area (otherwise staging base, staging facility, staging ground, staging point, or staging post) is a location in which organisms, people, vehicles, equipment, or material are assembled before use.

See Surrender of Japan and Staging area

Sun Weiru

Sun Weiru (1896 – 27 July 1979), given name Shutang (樹棠) was a KMT general from Chang'an County (modern-day Chang'an District, Xi'an), Shaanxi.

See Surrender of Japan and Sun Weiru

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

The was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the United States-led Allied occupation of Japan following World War II. Surrender of Japan and Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers are occupied Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Supreme War Council (Japan)

The was an advisory body to the Emperor on military matters, established in 1903 and abolished in 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and Supreme War Council (Japan)

Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

See Surrender of Japan and Sweden

Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

See Surrender of Japan and Switzerland

Tadaichi Wakamatsu

, also known as Tadakazu Wakamatsu, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Tadaichi Wakamatsu

Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

See Surrender of Japan and Taiwan

Taiwan under Japanese rule

The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War.

See Surrender of Japan and Taiwan under Japanese rule

Takahito, Prince Mikasa

was a Japanese prince, the youngest of the four sons of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako).

See Surrender of Japan and Takahito, Prince Mikasa

Takeshi Mori (commander)

was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

See Surrender of Japan and Takeshi Mori (commander)

Tehran Conference

The Tehran Conference (codenamed Eureka) was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943.

See Surrender of Japan and Tehran Conference

Territory of New Guinea

The Territory of New Guinea was an Australian-administered League of Nations and then United Nations trust territory on the island of New Guinea from 1914 until 1975.

See Surrender of Japan and Territory of New Guinea

Teruo Nakamura

was a Taiwanese-Japanese soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974.

See Surrender of Japan and Teruo Nakamura

Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

See Surrender of Japan and Thailand

The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.

See Surrender of Japan and The Atlantic

The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

See Surrender of Japan and The New York Times

The Rising Sun

The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945 is a non-fiction history book by John Toland, published by Random House in 1970.

See Surrender of Japan and The Rising Sun

Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan)

The was an army of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan)

Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

See Surrender of Japan and Time (magazine)

Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

See Surrender of Japan and Tokyo

Tokyo Bay

is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture.

See Surrender of Japan and Tokyo Bay

Tokyo Imperial Palace

The is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Tokyo Imperial Palace

Torashirō Kawabe

was a general and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff during World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Torashirō Kawabe

Treaty of San Francisco

The, also called the, re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war, military occupation and providing for redress for hostile actions up to and including World War II. Surrender of Japan and Treaty of San Francisco are Japan–Soviet Union relations and Japan–United States relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Treaty of San Francisco

Treaty of Taipei

The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (t; 日華平和条約), formally the Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan (t; 日本国と中華民国との間の平和条約) and commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei (t), was a peace treaty between Japan and the Republic of China (ROC) signed in Taipei, Taiwan on 28 April 1952, and took effect on August 5 the same year, marking the formal end of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

See Surrender of Japan and Treaty of Taipei

Trinity (nuclear test)

Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. MWT (11:29:21 GMT) on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. Surrender of Japan and Trinity (nuclear test) are 1945 in military history.

See Surrender of Japan and Trinity (nuclear test)

Type B Cipher Machine

In the history of cryptography, the "System 97 Typewriter for European Characters" (九七式欧文印字機 kyūnana-shiki ōbun injiki) or "Type B Cipher Machine", codenamed Purple by the United States, was an encryption machine used by the Japanese Foreign Office from February 1939 to the end of World War II. Surrender of Japan and Type B Cipher Machine are Japan–United States relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Type B Cipher Machine

Ultra (cryptography)

adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park.

See Surrender of Japan and Ultra (cryptography)

Unconditional surrender

An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees, reassurances, or promises (i.e., conditions) are given to the surrendering party. Surrender of Japan and unconditional surrender are surrenders.

See Surrender of Japan and Unconditional surrender

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

See Surrender of Japan and United Kingdom

United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

See Surrender of Japan and United States

United States Army Command and General Staff College

The United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC or, obsolete, USACGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is a graduate school for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military officers.

See Surrender of Japan and United States Army Command and General Staff College

United States Secretary of War

The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.

See Surrender of Japan and United States Secretary of War

United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific

The United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USSTAF) was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces.

See Surrender of Japan and United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific

United States Strategic Bombing Survey

The United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) was a written report created by a board of experts assembled to produce an impartial assessment of the effects of the Anglo-American strategic bombing of Nazi Germany during the European theatre of World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and United States Strategic Bombing Survey

V-J Day in Times Square

V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger—a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945.

See Surrender of Japan and V-J Day in Times Square

Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including important developments in radar and the initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project.

See Surrender of Japan and Vannevar Bush

Vatican City

Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (Stato della Città del Vaticano; Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign country, city-state, microstate, and enclave within Rome, Italy.

See Surrender of Japan and Vatican City

Vice President of the United States

The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

See Surrender of Japan and Vice President of the United States

Victory over Japan Day

Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. Surrender of Japan and Victory over Japan Day are 1945 in Japan, end of World War II and Japan–United States relations.

See Surrender of Japan and Victory over Japan Day

Vladivostok

Vladivostok (Владивосток) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, located in the far east of Russia.

See Surrender of Japan and Vladivostok

Vyacheslav Molotov

Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov (9 March 1890 – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician, diplomat, and revolutionary who was a leading figure in the government of the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1950s, as one of Joseph Stalin's closest allies.

See Surrender of Japan and Vyacheslav Molotov

War crime

A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings including genocide or ethnic cleansing, the granting of no quarter despite surrender, the conscription of children in the military and flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity.

See Surrender of Japan and War crime

Ward Wilson

Ward Hayes Wilson (born April 26, 1956) is an American researcher who is the executive director of RealistRevolt, a grassroots advocacy organization in the Chicago area.

See Surrender of Japan and Ward Wilson

William D. Leahy

William Daniel Leahy (6 May 1875 – 20 July 1959) was an American naval officer.

See Surrender of Japan and William D. Leahy

William L. Clayton

William Lockhart Clayton (February 7, 1880 – February 8, 1966) was an American business leader and government official.

See Surrender of Japan and William L. Clayton

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

See Surrender of Japan and Winston Churchill

World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

See Surrender of Japan and World War II

Wuhan

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province of China.

See Surrender of Japan and Wuhan

Xu Yongchang

General Xu Yongchang (15 December 188512 July 1959) (Hsu Yung-chang;; style name: Cichen (Tzu-chen)) was the Minister of Board of Military Operations of the Republic of China between December 22, 1948, and April 22, 1949, and the representative of the Republic of China on September 2, 1945, at the signing of the Instrument of Surrender of Japan that ended World War II.

See Surrender of Japan and Xu Yongchang

Yakov Malik

Yakov Aleksandrovich Malik (Я́ков Алекса́ндрович Ма́лик; 11 February 1980) was a Soviet diplomat.

See Surrender of Japan and Yakov Malik

Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

See Surrender of Japan and Yale University

Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference (Yaltinskaya konferentsiya), held 4–11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.

See Surrender of Japan and Yalta Conference

Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu

was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.

See Surrender of Japan and Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu

Yokohama

is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country's most populous municipality.

See Surrender of Japan and Yokohama

Yokosuka Naval Airfield

Yokosuka naval airfield was an airfield created on Natsu Island (possibly Oppama), near Yokosuka Naval Base, in Tokyo Bay.

See Surrender of Japan and Yokosuka Naval Airfield

Yoshiaki Yoshimi

is a professor of Japanese modern history at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan.

See Surrender of Japan and Yoshiaki Yoshimi

Yoshihiro Tokugawa

was a Japanese political figure of the mid to late 20th century.

See Surrender of Japan and Yoshihiro Tokugawa

Yoshijirō Umezu

(January 4, 1882 – January 8, 1949) was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict.

See Surrender of Japan and Yoshijirō Umezu

Zhongshan Hall

Zhongshan Hall is a historic building which originally functioned as the Taipei (Taihoku) City Public Auditorium (public hall).

See Surrender of Japan and Zhongshan Hall

11th Airborne Division

The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") is a United States Army airborne formation based in Alaska.

See Surrender of Japan and 11th Airborne Division

1943 Cairo Declaration

The Cairo Declaration (Traditional Chinese: 《開羅宣言》) was the outcome of the Cairo Conference in Cairo, Egypt, on 27 November 1943.

See Surrender of Japan and 1943 Cairo Declaration

4th Marine Regiment

The 4th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps.

See Surrender of Japan and 4th Marine Regiment

6th Division (Australia)

The 6th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army.

See Surrender of Japan and 6th Division (Australia)

See also

1945 in military history

• 1945 British victory parade in Berlin
• 1945 Moscow Victory Parade
• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Battle of Berlin
• Berlin Declaration (1945)
• Berlin Victory Parade of 1945
• Bombing of Dresden
• British Military Administration (Borneo)
• British Military Administration (Malaya)
• Death of Benito Mussolini
• Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• End of World War II
• End of World War II in Asia
• End of World War II in Europe
• Fairy Lochs
• Freeman Field mutiny
• Golden Mile (POW camp)
• Hirohito surrender broadcast
• Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
• Liberation of the German-occupied Channel Islands
• Liberation of the Holýšov concentration camp
• Nazi gold train
• Operation Blacklist Forty
• Operation Grenade
• Operation Pluto
• Operation Tiderace
• Operation Undertone
• Rhineland Offensive
• Siege of Danzig (1945)
• Soviet Air Forces order of battle 1 May 1945
• Surrender of Japan
• Theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg
• Timeline of World War II (1945–1991)
• Trinity (nuclear test)
• Turkish declaration of war on Germany and Japan

August 1945 events in Asia

• Abdication of Bảo Đại
• Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II
• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• August Revolution
• Battle of Mindanao
• Battle of Mutanchiang
• Battle of North Borneo
• Battle of Ratsua
• Battle of Shumshu
• Battle of the Sittang Bend
• Borneo campaign
• Harbin–Kirin Operation
• Hirohito surrender broadcast
• Invasion of the Kuril Islands
• Khingan–Mukden Operation
• Kyūjō incident
• Matsue incident
• Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
• Proposed Soviet invasion of Hokkaido
• Second Guangxi campaign
• Seishin Operation
• Siege of Hutou Fortress
• Soviet assault on Maoka
• Soviet invasion of Manchuria
• Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
• Soviet–Japanese War
• Surrender of Japan

End of World War II

• Bitburg controversy
• End of World War II in Asia
• End of World War II in Europe
• German Instrument of Surrender
• Surrender of Japan
• The War Is Over (1945 film)
• Timeline of the surrender of Axis forces at the end of World War II
• Victory Day (United States)
• Victory in Europe Day
• Victory over Japan Day
• Zero hour (1945)

September 1945 events in Asia

• 1945 Harbin Victory Day Parade
• 1945 Japan–Washington flight
• Declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• End of World War II in Asia
• Invasion of the Kuril Islands
• Japanese Instrument of Surrender
• Operation Tiderace
• Soviet–Japanese War
• Surrender of Japan
• Yamato Hotel incident

Surrenders

• Argentine surrender in the Falklands War
• Articles of Capitulation of Montreal
• Articles of Capitulation of Quebec
• Articles of Surrender of New Netherland
• Battle of Adrianople (1829)
• Battle of Appomattox Court House
• Battle of Fishguard
• Capitulation (surrender)
• Capitulation of Stettin
• German Instrument of Surrender
• German surrender at Lüneburg Heath
• Honours of war
• Japanese Instrument of Surrender
• Liquidation of the Zaporozhian Sich
• Pakistani Instrument of Surrender
• Peers House
• Surrender (military)
• Surrender at Camp Release
• Surrender at Perevolochna
• Surrender of Japan
• Surrender of the 51st Brigade
• Takenaga incident
• The surrender ceremony of World War II in China war zone
• Treaty of Friendship and Alliance
• Treaty of Xàtiva
• Unconditional surrender

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

Also known as Capitulation of Japan, Defeat of Japan, Defeat of the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japanese surrender, Japan's surrender, Japanese Unconditional Surrender, Japanese capitulation, Japanese surrender, Japanese surrender in ww2, Japanese surrender ww2, Japs Quit, Surrender of Imperial Japan, Surrender of Japan in WW2, Surrender of the Empire of Japan, WW2 Japanese surrender, WWII Japanese surrender.

, Death poem, Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Defence in depth, Demon core, Disembowelment, Douglas MacArthur, Dutch East Indies, Eastern District Army, Eighteenth Army (Japan), Empire of Japan, Empress Nagako, End of World War II in Asia, End of World War II in Europe, Enola Gay, Enrico Fermi, Ernest J. King, Ernest Lawrence, Face (sociological concept), Fat Man, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, First General Army (Japan), Flag of Japan, Former City Hall, Singapore, France, Franck Report, Frank Messervy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, Freedom of thought, French Indochina, Fumimaro Konoe, Fundamental rights, Galang Island, Geography of Taiwan, George C. Marshall, George D. Murray, George F. Kosco, George L. Harrison, George Wootten, German Empire, German Instrument of Surrender, Government of Japan, Gozen Kaigi, Hajime Sugiyama, Haragei, Harry S. Truman, Hatazō Adachi, Henry A. Wallace, Henry H. Arnold, Henry L. Stimson, Herbert P. Bix, Hideki Tojo, Hiranuma Kiichirō, Hirohito, Hirohito surrender broadcast, Hiroshima, Hisanori Fujita, Hisatsune Sakomizu, Ho Chi Minh City, Hokkaido, Hong Kong, Honshu, Horace Robertson, Human rights, Hypothetical Axis victory in World War II, Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Household Agency, Imperial Japanese Army, Imperial Japanese Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, Inaba Masao, Interim Committee, International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Invasion of the Kuril Islands, Iris Chang, J. Robert Oppenheimer, James B. Conant, James F. Byrnes, James Forrestal, Japan Standard Time, Japanese archipelago, Japanese economic miracle, Japanese holdout, Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Japanese nuclear weapons program, Japanese people, Japanese war crimes, Japanese-American service in World War II, Jirō Shiizaki, John J. McCloy, John Toland (historian), John W. Dower, Joseph Grew, Joseph Stalin, Kamikaze, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantarō Suzuki, Kantokuen, Karafuto Prefecture, Karl Taylor Compton, Katana, Kōichi Kido, Kōki Hirota, Keningau, Kenji Doihara, Kenji Hatanaka, Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kokura, Kokutai, Korea under Japanese rule, Korechika Anami, Koshirō Oikawa, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Kujūkuri Beach, Kuniaki Koiso, Kuomintang, Kure Naval Arsenal, Kuril Islands, Kwantung Army, Kyūjō incident, Kyoto, Kyushu, La Pérouse Strait, Lauris Norstad, Law of war, Lüshunkou, Dalian, Leslie Groves, Little Boy, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, Lord Mountbatten, Magic (cryptography), Major general (Australia), Manchukuo, Manchuria, Manhattan Project, Manila, Marcus McDilda, Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, Martial law, Masahiko Takeshita, Masakazu Kawabe, Masao Baba, Masataka Ida, Masatane Kanda, Matthew C. Perry, Max Grässli, Mengjiang, Michinori Shiraishi, Military, Military base, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Ministry of the Navy (Japan), Mitsumasa Yonai, Mokusatsu, Nagasaki, Naotake Satō, Naozaburo Okabe, National Air and Space Museum, National Library Board, National Memorial Service for War Dead, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Naval History and Heritage Command, NHK, Niigata (city), NK News, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, North Borneo, Nuclear ethics, Nuclear weapon, Occupation of Japan, Ogg, Okikatsu Arao, Operation Downfall, Operation Jurist, Operation Starvation, Operation U-Go, Pacific Ocean, Pacific War, Paul Tibbets, PDF, Penang, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Philippines, Philippines campaign (1944–1945), Phonograph record, Plaintext, Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan, Portuguese Timor, Post–World War II economic expansion, Potsdam Conference, Potsdam Declaration, Prime Minister of Japan, Prince Kan'in Haruhito, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Prisoner of war, Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, Raj of Sarawak, Ralph Austin Bard, Red Army, Repatriation, Republic of China (1912–1949), Richard B. Frank, Rikichi Andō, Rising Sun Flag, Robert Butow, Royal Marines, Rumoi, Hokkaido, Russo-Japanese War, Sakhalin, Second General Army (Japan), Second Philippine Republic, Seishirō Itagaki, Seppuku, Shigenori Tōgō, Shikoku, Shinyo (suicide motorboat), Shizuichi Tanaka, Shozo Tominaga, Shun'ichi Kase, Shunroku Hata, Singapore in the Straits Settlements, Smithsonian Channel, Soemu Toyoda, South Manchuria Railway, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Southeast Asia, Soviet invasion of Manchuria, Soviet occupation zone in Germany, Soviet Union, Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956, Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, Soviet–Japanese War, Staging area, Sun Weiru, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Supreme War Council (Japan), Sweden, Switzerland, Tadaichi Wakamatsu, Taiwan, Taiwan under Japanese rule, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Takeshi Mori (commander), Tehran Conference, Territory of New Guinea, Teruo Nakamura, Thailand, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Rising Sun, Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan), Time (magazine), Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo Imperial Palace, Torashirō Kawabe, Treaty of San Francisco, Treaty of Taipei, Trinity (nuclear test), Type B Cipher Machine, Ultra (cryptography), Unconditional surrender, United Kingdom, United States, United States Army Command and General Staff College, United States Secretary of War, United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, V-J Day in Times Square, Vannevar Bush, Vatican City, Vice President of the United States, Victory over Japan Day, Vladivostok, Vyacheslav Molotov, War crime, Ward Wilson, William D. Leahy, William L. Clayton, Winston Churchill, World War II, Wuhan, Xu Yongchang, Yakov Malik, Yale University, Yalta Conference, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Yokohama, Yokosuka Naval Airfield, Yoshiaki Yoshimi, Yoshihiro Tokugawa, Yoshijirō Umezu, Zhongshan Hall, 11th Airborne Division, 1943 Cairo Declaration, 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Division (Australia).