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Japanese Instrument of Surrender (view source)
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The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was the document that, in signing, ended [[World War II]]. It was signed September 2, 1945, on the deck of the [[United States]] battleship ''Missouri'', on [[Tokyo Bay]], in a formal ceremony.
The instrument was signed by representatives from the [[Empire of Japan]], the United States of America, the [[Republic of China]], the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Union of Socialist Republics]], the [[Commonwealth of Australia]], the [[Dominion of Canada]], the Provisional Government of the [[French Republic]], the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]], and the [[Dominion of New Zealand]].
The signing, which lasted twenty three minutes, was broad casted around the world. The first to sign was the [[Japan|Japanese]] foreign minister [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]] "By Command and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government" and then [[General Yoshijiro Umezo]] "By Command and on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters" at 9:04 a.m. Then, U.S. [[General Douglas MacArthur]] signed. After him [[Admiral Chester Nimitz]] signed for the United States, [[Hsu Yung-Ch'ang]] for the [[Republic of China]], [[Bruce Fraser]] for the United Kingdom, [[Kuzma Derevyanko]] for the Soviet Union, [[General Sir Thomas Blamey]] for Australia, [[Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave]] for Canada, [[General Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque]] for France, [[Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich]] for the Netherlands, and [[Leonard M. Isitt]] for New Zealand.
On September 6, [[Colonel Bernard Theilen]] brought the instrument to [[Washington, D.C.]] and the following day presented it to President [[Harry Truman]] in a formal [[White House]] ceremony. It was then exhibited in the National Archives.
The instrument was signed by representatives from the [[Empire of Japan]], the United States of America, the [[Republic of China]], the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Union of Socialist Republics]], the [[Commonwealth of Australia]], the [[Dominion of Canada]], the Provisional Government of the [[French Republic]], the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]], and the [[Dominion of New Zealand]].
The signing, which lasted twenty three minutes, was broad casted around the world. The first to sign was the [[Japan|Japanese]] foreign minister [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]] "By Command and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Government" and then [[General Yoshijiro Umezo]] "By Command and on behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters" at 9:04 a.m. Then, U.S. [[General Douglas MacArthur]] signed. After him [[Admiral Chester Nimitz]] signed for the United States, [[Hsu Yung-Ch'ang]] for the [[Republic of China]], [[Bruce Fraser]] for the United Kingdom, [[Kuzma Derevyanko]] for the Soviet Union, [[General Sir Thomas Blamey]] for Australia, [[Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave]] for Canada, [[General Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque]] for France, [[Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich]] for the Netherlands, and [[Leonard M. Isitt]] for New Zealand.
On September 6, [[Colonel Bernard Theilen]] brought the instrument to [[Washington, D.C.]] and the following day presented it to President [[Harry Truman]] in a formal [[White House]] ceremony. It was then exhibited in the National Archives.